County Farm Cemetery
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County Farm Cemetery

Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, USA

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The County Farm Cemetery of Adair County is located behind the historic red brick building located at 701 S. Jamison Street at the east end of Normal Street in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. The cemetery has no entrance of its own and no identifying sign. It can be accessed only through the adjoining Highland Park Cemetery, and is in the southeast corner of that cemetery. It is fenced on two sides, but the north side is open to Highland Park. There is no clear division between the cemeteries and without knowing, it appears to be a part of Highland Park.

The county farm building is believed to have been built as Adair County's poor house in the 19th century. Crudely named, these facilities were widespread in the USA prior to the adoption of Social Security in the 1930s. No one wanted to end up in the poor house, but they were necessary to care for the elderly and disabled who could not support themselves and had no one to care for them. For most poor houses, a cemetery was included on the grounds for those who could not afford burial elsewhere.

When poor farms were no longer necessary, this facility became Nursing Home #3 in Kirksville. It was later named Countryside Rehabilitation Center and associated with the State Hosptial system and used as a kind of mid-care mental facility. Then, it was used as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center half-way house. More recently it was remodeled and used by the Adair County Juvenile Office as a Child Advocacy Center. In 2010 it is privately operated as a group independent living facility for the disabled.



The County Farm Cemetery of Adair County is located behind the historic red brick building located at 701 S. Jamison Street at the east end of Normal Street in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. The cemetery has no entrance of its own and no identifying sign. It can be accessed only through the adjoining Highland Park Cemetery, and is in the southeast corner of that cemetery. It is fenced on two sides, but the north side is open to Highland Park. There is no clear division between the cemeteries and without knowing, it appears to be a part of Highland Park.

The county farm building is believed to have been built as Adair County's poor house in the 19th century. Crudely named, these facilities were widespread in the USA prior to the adoption of Social Security in the 1930s. No one wanted to end up in the poor house, but they were necessary to care for the elderly and disabled who could not support themselves and had no one to care for them. For most poor houses, a cemetery was included on the grounds for those who could not afford burial elsewhere.

When poor farms were no longer necessary, this facility became Nursing Home #3 in Kirksville. It was later named Countryside Rehabilitation Center and associated with the State Hosptial system and used as a kind of mid-care mental facility. Then, it was used as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center half-way house. More recently it was remodeled and used by the Adair County Juvenile Office as a Child Advocacy Center. In 2010 it is privately operated as a group independent living facility for the disabled.



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  • Added: 28 Aug 2010
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2367916