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Kirksville

American  
[kurks-vil] / ˈkɜrks vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in N Missouri.


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Audrey Jackson-Post, 34, of Kirksville, Missouri, said her household’s financial situation has been difficult.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2024

Witnesses testified that hours after his funeral, Danny Welte came to the hotel and stopped in the parking lot near his wife, The Kirksville Daily Express reported.

From Washington Times Feb. 27, 2020

Sarah Jane Kemp was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Kirksville, Mo. Her father worked for the FBI and moved the family to Alexandria, where she graduated in 1959 from Francis C. Hammond High School.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2015

Quoting from an old notebook, letters and local reviews, he recounts obscure drives like the one from Kirksville, Mo., to Peru, Neb., and reports how much each gig paid.

From New York Times Oct. 2, 2011

It was a beautiful August morning when McNeil's little army reached the outskirts of the village of Kirksville.

From The Courier of the Ozarks by Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn

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