Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi

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

Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 34°27′05″N 88°29′23″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Itawamba
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	662
GNIS feature ID	672191[1]

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.
2. 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. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 1002.
4. "Kirkville Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
5. Mills, Mona Robinson (2013). Itawamba County. Arcadia. p. 124. ISBN 9780738590684.
6. "Kirkville Baptist Church". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
7. "Kirkville Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.