Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi

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Kirkville, Itawamba County,
Mississippi
Census-designated place
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Kirkville
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Kirkville
Coordinates: 34°26′15″N88°29′43″W / 34.43750°N 88.49528°W / 34.43750; -88.49528
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Itawamba
Elevation
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384 ft (117 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID2812727 [1]

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

Contents

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%±
2020 308—
U.S. Decennial Census [9]
2020 [10]

2020 census

Kirkville CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
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 may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2020 [10] % 2020
White alone (NH)30197.73%
Black or African American alone (NH)00.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)00.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)00.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)10.32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)61.95%
Total308100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirkville, Itawamba County, Mississippi
  2. ↑ "Kirkville CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "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.


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