Kirkville, Louisiana

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Kirkville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Kirkville, Louisiana
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Kirkville, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°59′44″N90°28′42″W / 30.99556°N 90.47833°W / 30.99556; -90.47833
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Tangipahoa
Elevation
243 ft (74 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 985
GNIS feature ID549695 [1]

Kirkville is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 1 mile (1.61 kilometres) S of Osyka, Mississippi and 18 miles (28.97 kilometres) N of Amite City, Louisiana

History

As German immigrants arrived at New Orleans they settled in Osyka, Mississippi and overflowed south into Louisiana. The land across the Louisiana state line was not a part of Mississippi and could not be called Osyka. The community took the name Kirkville and is named after Lawrence Alexander Kirk, a railroad surveyor that owned a large portion of the land. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirkville, Louisiana
  2. ↑ Debbie Cutrer Powers. "GERMAN CEMETERY, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana". LaGenWeb Archives. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Carol Monahan. "KIRKSVILE: Tangipahoa Parish". International Jewish Cemetery Project. Retrieved August 21, 2019.


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