History
The Village (now City) of Kirksville was established on December 1, 1848. This was based upon claim made by Jonathan Floyd, Trustee Adair County Commissioners, on December 25, 1846 and recorded at the Land Office in Boonville Missouri for the establishment of the County Seat. Though selected in 1841 for the site of the Seat of Justice for Adair County, the Village of Kirksville dates from an Act, approved January 30, 1857 incorporating the Town. In 1841 the site was selected by Jefferson Collins, L. B. Mitchell, and Thomas Ferrell and a plat was established in 1842. In Violette’s History of Adair County the town has been identified with "Long Point" and "Hopkinsville." However, a small block-house is distinctly cited as being built in 1832, confirmed by the plat and land entries which show no settlements on the actual site until after its selection as the county seat "on the ridge at Long Point, just outside the city limits of Kirksville."
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