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Location of Adair County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adair County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adair County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
Adair Viaduct: 1923 ... Big Creek Bridge: 1916 1998-06-25 Madrid Boone: Concrete Marsh arch Big Creek Bridge 2 ... Timber/iron Pratt truss River Street Bridge:
Adair is recognizable from Interstate 80 by its tall yellow "smiley-face" water tower. Its roadsign warmly greets visitors with, "Welcome to Adair; it'll make you smile". Some of the local businesses incorporate the smiley-face tower image into their company logos. Adair is mentioned in the 2013 Stephen King novel Doctor Sleep.
The Adair Viaduct is a historic structure located in Adair, Iowa, United States.It spans the Iowa Interstate Railroad tracks for 192 feet (59 m). [2] In 1908 Adair County built the first bridge at this location over the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad tracks near the site of the 1873 Jesse James train robbery.
Transportation buildings and structures in Adair County, Iowa (2 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Adair County, Iowa" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The 2020 census recorded a population of 7,496 in the county, with a population density of 12.9430/sq mi (4.9973/km 2). 96.88% of the population reported being of one race. 92.89% were non-Hispanic White, 0.61% were Black, 2.48% were Hispanic, 0.25% were Native American, 0.31% were Asian, 0.03% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 3.43% were some other race or more than one race.
The south-eastern part of Iowa Territory became Iowa, the 29th state in the union, on December 28, 1846, [3] by which point 44 counties had been created. Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County , was created. [ 4 ]
In July 1873, Jesse and Frank James robbed a train in Adair, Iowa, and stole $6,000 (equivalent to $140,000 in 2023) [1] in cash. However, they soon ran out of money and began plotting a new train robbery. By now, the gang had acquired new members, including the three oldest Younger brothers. [3] [self-published source]