THE KIRKSVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Claypan Prairie setting.
Kirksville city has 14.4 square miles of land in Adair County. Its Census reference point is in Claypan Prairie, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kirksville and Adair County
Kirksville is associated with Adair County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kirksville by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Kirksville, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Adair County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kirksville city has 119.9 times the land area of nearby Millard village (0.12 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

