Adair County, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 35°53′N 94°40′W / 35.88°N 94.66°W / 35.88; -94.66
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Adair County
County
Map of Oklahoma highlighting Adair County
Location within the U.S. state of Oklahoma
Map of the United States highlighting Oklahoma
Oklahoma's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 35°53′N 94°40′W / 35.88°N 94.66°W / 35.88; -94.66
Country United States
State Oklahoma
Founded1907
Named forThe Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.
SeatStilwell
Area
 • Total577 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Land576 sq mi (1,490 km2)
 • Water1 sq mi (3 km2)  0%
Population
 ([[2000 United States census|2000]])
 • Total21,038
 • Density36/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)

Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 21,038. Its county seat is Stilwell.Template:GR Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.[1]

History

The county was created in 1906 from the Goingsnake and Flint districts of the Cherokee Nation.[2] There was a decade-long struggle over what town would become the county seat between Stilwell and Westville.[3]

During the Great Depression and World War II, strawberries became a major crop in Adair County.[3] In 1948, the first Stilwell Strawberry Festival was organized.[3] The 2002 festival saw some 40,000 people in attendance.[3]

The 1910 census counted 10,535 residents.[2] By 1990, it was up to 18,421.[2]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 577 square miles (1,494 km²), most of it land (576 square miles or 1,491 km²) and 1 square mile (4 km²) or 0.24 percent of it water.

The county is part of the Ozark plateau uplift, the tree-covered foothills of the Boston Mountains.[2] North and central Adair County are drained by the Illinois River and three creeks.[2] Two more creeks lie near Stilwell.[2]

Major highways

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, Adair County had a small population relative to its surrounding counties, with only 21,038 people, almost half of them (42.49 percent) Native American. The remainder of the population was 48.52 percent white, 7.45 percent of more than one race, and 3.12 percent Hispanic or Latino. Less than 1 percent of the population was either Black or African American, Asian, or Pacific Islander, and 1.25 percent were identified as other. Though most of the population (88.7 percent) spoke English as their first language, Cherokee was the native tongue of 8.8 percent and Spanish the first language of 2.3 percent. The population density was 36 people per square mile (14/km²).

The median age of the population was 33 years and two-third of the county's population were either under the age of 18 (30.3 percent) or between the ages of 25 to 44 (27.2 percent). Of the remaining population, 21.6 percent were ages 45 to 64, 12 percent were 65 years of age or older, and 8.9 percent were ages 18 to 24. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.40 males.

There were a total of 7,471 households and 5,565 families in the county in 2000. There were 8,348 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile (6/km²). Of the 7,471 households, 37.3 percent included children under the age of 18 and slightly more than half (57.1 percent) included married couples living together. A quarter of the households (2.5 percent were non-family, 12.9 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.8 percent contained a single individual of 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.25.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,881, and the median income for a family was $29,525. Males had a median income of $23,741 versus $19,720 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,185. About 19.4 percent of families and 23.2 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.2 percent of those under age 18 and 23.7 percent of those age 65 or over.

Cities, towns and communities

Map of Adair County

NRHP sites

The following sites in Adair County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

  1. ^ Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Whitaker, Rachel, "[1]," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed June 13, 2010).
  3. ^ a b c d Barker, Betty Starr, "Stilwell," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (accessed June 13, 2010).

External links

35°53′N 94°40′W / 35.88°N 94.66°W / 35.88; -94.66

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