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Welcome to Adair ...

Adair is located in Carroll County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adair, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Adair is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Adair lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Adair: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Adair ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Adair - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee and Texas (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Adair.

Communities near Adair ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Adair.

  • Greenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tchula
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tchula is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
  • Itta Bena
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Vaiden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Sidon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidon is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
  • North Carrollton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Cruger
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cruger is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
  • Morgan City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Morgan City is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Carrollton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Adair. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Adair.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Adair. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adair.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Adair. See our Newspapers Page for Adair.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adair ...

Looking for more information about Adair? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Adair, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Adair.

Adding Adair to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Adair in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Adair was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Adair post office opened in 1902. The Adair post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adair.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Carroll, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adair - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Adair area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Adair area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/