Kirksville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Madison County

Madison County, Kentucky

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, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, United States

United States

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. It lies southwest of Richmond

Richmond, Kentucky

There were 10,795 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.6% were non-families. Of all households, 34.7% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had...

 on County Road 1295. The community is part of the Richmond–Berea

Berea, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,851 people, 3,693 households, and 2,426 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,055.4 people per square mile . There were 4,115 housing units at an average density of 440.9 per square mile...

 Micropolitan Statistical Area

Richmond-Berea micropolitan area

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Kirksville was hit with what is believed to be an EF3 tornado around 5pm Friday, May 8, 2009. Town has been "decimated" as per account in Lexington Herald Leader article on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

UPDATE: Tornado was confirmed as an EF3 on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. "It reached its strongest point, with winds possibly exceeding 200 mph, near the point where it tossed a mobile home into a pond, killing two people."

http://www.kentucky.com/178/story/792481.html