Camp Adair | |
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Benton County, near Corvallis, Oregon | |
Coordinates | 44°42′00″N 123°12′29″W / 44.7°N 123.208°W |
Type | Military Base |
Site information | |
Owner | Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife City of Adair Village Private |
Open to the public | Yes |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
Built by | United States Army |
In use | 1942-08-15 - 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. |
Demolished | 1946 |
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.