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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Adair county, the 44th in order of
formation, was erected in
1801, out of Green county; is situated
in the south middle part of the state; is bounded on the north by Green
and Taylor counties, east by Casey and Russell, south by Cumberland, and
west by Metcalfe and Green counties. The face of the country is hilly;
soil second rate, based principally on slate and limestone. It is watered
by Green river and its tributaries, Russell's White-oak, Case's, Glenn's,
Pettus, Sulphur, Harrod's, Crocus, Butler's, and Big creeks, and the east
fork of Little Barren river. Its principal productions are corn, wheat,
and tobacco, hogs, horses and cattle. |
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