Kirkville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in

Itawamba County, Mississippi Itawamba County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 23,401. Its county seat is Fulton. The county is part of the Tupelo, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county was ...

, United States. Kirkville is located south of the

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. It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 308.

History

Kirkville is named for Dr. J.D. Kirk. The population in 1900 was 50. The Kirkville post office was established prior to the Civil War, and was still in operation in 1905. A

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mill was located in Kirkville in the early 1900s. Many of its workers had come from the

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valley in Kentucky. The Kirkville Baptist Church and Cemetery are located in the settlement. J.D. Kirk is interred in the cemetery.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

References

Unincorporated communities in Itawamba County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Itawamba County, Mississippi {{ItawambaCountyMS-geo-stub