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Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,656.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21001.html )〕 Its county seat is Columbia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=June 6, 2011 )〕 The county was founded in 1801 and named for John Adair, then Speaker of the House in Kentucky and later Governor of Kentucky (1820 - 1824).〔http://www.kyenc.org/entry/a/ADAIR02.html〕 Adair County also has one of the few remaining American Chestnut trees in America. Adair County is a prohibition or completely dry county. ==History== Adair County was formed on December 11, 1801 from sections of Green County.〔 Columbia was chosen as the county seat the following year.〔 It was named in honor of John Adair, later commander of Kentucky troops in the Battle of New Orleans and the eighth Governor of Kentucky.〔 It was the 44th of Kentucky's 120 counties to be formed.〔 A gang of five men, believed to include Frank and Jesse James, robbed the Bank of Columbia of $600 on April 29, 1872, and killed the cashier, R.A.C. Martin.〔William A. Settle, Jr., (''Jesse James Was His Name'' ) 44 (1977).〕 The courthouse on the Columbia town square, completed in 1884, replaced the original 1806 courthouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adair County, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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