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

Kirkville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°59′44″N 90°28′42″W
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(s)	985
GNIS feature ID	549695 [1]

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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