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Kirkville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.

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

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 308.[2]

History

Kirkville is named for Dr. J.D. Kirk.[3]

The population in 1900 was 50.[4]

The Kirkville post office was established prior to the Civil War, and was still in operation in 1905.[3][5]

A stave mill was located in Kirkville in the early 1900s. Many of its workers had come from the Green River valley in Kentucky.[6]

The Kirkville Baptist Church and Cemetery are located in the settlement.[7][8] J.D. Kirk is interred in the cemetery.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020308—
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
2020[10]

2020 census

Kirkville CDP, Mississippi - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[10] % 2020
White alone (NH) 301 97.73%
Black or African American alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 1 0.32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6 1.95%
Total 308 100.00%

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

  1. ^ "Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Kirkville CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Franks, Bob (March 4, 2000). "Joseph W. Ellerbee Monument in Historic Kirkville Cemetery". Itawambahistory.org.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Kirkville Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ Mills, Mona Robinson (2013). Itawamba County. Arcadia. p. 124. ISBN 9780738590684.
  7. ^ "Kirkville Baptist Church". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. ^ "Kirkville Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  10. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Kirkville CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkville,_Itawamba_County,_Mississippi