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Place Name
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Adair County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Kirksville
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Population
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24,577 (1990)
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°11'N
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Longitude
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92°35'W
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Adair
, county (
574 sq mi/1,487 sq km; 1990 pop.
24,577), N Mo.;  Kirksville; 40°11'N 92°35'W. Drained by
Chariton and Salt rivers. Corn, soybeans; hogs, sheep, cattle, mules,
poultry; limestone; mfg. at Kirksville. Former coal mining center.
Thousand Hills State Park W of Kirksville. Truman State Univ. and
osteopathic college at Kirksville. Formed 1841.
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