Camp Adair

Camp Adair
Benton County, near Corvallis, Oregon
Picture of the grounds in 2008
Picture of grounds in 2008
Camp Adair is located in the United States
Camp Adair
Camp Adair
Camp Adair is located in Oregon
Camp Adair
Camp Adair
Coordinates44°42′00″N 123°12′29″W / 44.7°N 123.208°W / 44.7; -123.208
TypeMilitary Base
Site information
OwnerOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
City of Adair Village
Private
Open to
the public
Yes
Site history
Built1942
Built byUnited States Army
In use1942-08-15 - 1943-05-10
1943-08-06 - 1943-11-01
96th Infantry Division
Deployed to Pacific Theater
1942-09-15 - 1943-08-07
104th Infantry Division
Deployed to France
1943-06-15 - 1944-07-25
70th Infantry Division
Deployed to France
1943-11-02 - 1944-03-30
91st Infantry Division
Deployed to North Africa
1944-07-26 - 1946-07-23
Prisoner Of War Camp.
Demolished1946

Camp Adair was a United States Army division training facility established north of Corvallis, Oregon, operating from 1942 to 1946. During its peak period of use, the camp was home to approximately 40,000 persons — enough to have constituted the second largest city in the state of Oregon. The camp was largely scrapped as government surplus following termination of World War II, with a portion of the site reconstituted as "Adair Air Force Station" in 1957.

Part of the former Camp Adair is now contained within the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area, operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), with other parts of the camp now incorporated into the city of Adair Village.