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Kirksville

American  
[kurks-vil] / ˈkɜrks vɪl /

noun

  1. a city in N Missouri.


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Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri, earning a doctorate of osteopathic medicine—or D.O.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Ashcroft will be in Columbia and Kirksville this morning before making a swing through Northwest Missouri in the afternoon.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2017

The former Kirksville High School prom king and football and track standout attended Missouri’s Truman State University and was enrolled at the University of Kansas when he joined the Army in 2010.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2016

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

After several terms of country school teaching, young Pershing saved up enough money to enter the State Normal School, at Kirksville, Mo. One of his sisters went with him.

From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

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