Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi

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Kirkville, Itawamba County,
Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Kirkville is located in Mississippi
Kirkville
Kirkville
Kirkville is located in the United States
Kirkville
Kirkville
Coordinates: 34°27′05″N 88°29′23″W / 34.45139°N 88.48972°W / 34.45139; -88.48972
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyItawamba
Elevation
377 ft (115 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code662
GNIS feature ID672191[1]

Kirkville is an unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.

Kirkville is located 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

History

Kirkville is named for Dr. J.D. Kirk.[2]

The population in 1900 was 50.[3]

The Kirkville post office was established prior to the Civil War, and was still in operation in 1905.[2][4]

A stave mill was located in Kirkville in the early 1900s. Many of its workers had come from the Green River valley in Kentucky.[5]

The Kirkville Baptist Church and Cemetery are located in the settlement.[6][7] J.D. Kirk is interred in the cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c Franks, Bob (March 4, 2000). "Joseph W. Ellerbee Monument in Historic Kirkville Cemetery". Itawambahistory.org.
  3. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1002.
  4. ^ "Kirkville Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ Mills, Mona Robinson (2013). Itawamba County. Arcadia. p. 124.
  6. ^ "Kirkville Baptist Church". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. ^ "Kirkville Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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