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Place Names: How Adair Co. roads got their names Part 5 of Mike Watson's "Place Names in Adair County" presentation, from the March 2, 2026, meeting of the Adair County Genealogical Society at the Adair County Genealogy and History Research Center. By Michael C. Watson Adair County Genealogical Society Buffalo Traces were our first roads. Two traces converged where Columbia was founded. The town of Columbia was laid out in 1802. Main Street on the original plat map ran "through" the present location of the courthouse as there was no building there at the time. East Main became Jamestown Street and West Main became Greensburg Street, as they each led in the direction of those towns. Market Street was the North-South Street and South Market became Burkesville Street and North Market became Campbellsville Street. Take into consideration Market and Main as names were dropped over several decades. Greensburg and Burkesville existed when Columbia was founded, Jamestown and Campbellsville came later. The road from Columbia to the Cumberland River, ending at what came to be Creelsboro, was long called the Creelsboro Road. The road we call Highway 206 was known as Stanford Road and/or Liberty Road. These names still cling on in some records. The Columbia-Burkesville Turnpike was established in 1864. The road was owned by private individuals who maintained it. A toll was charged for passage. One toll was taken just outside Columbia and one was taken just before entering Burkesville. Thus this particular "Pike" was born. Names that exist today: Boomer Heights was the unofficial name given to Jamestown Street from the town branch and away from Columbia. It was a "booming" part of the city. Not the same as Bomar Heights, the street between Burkesville Street and 55 South. There were other "exotic" places in Adair's past:
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