Kirkersville, Ohio
human settlement in Licking County, Ohio, United States of America
Kirkersville is a village in Licking County, Ohio, United States, along the South Fork of the Licking River. The population was 471 at the 2020 census.
Kirkersville was platted in 1832 by William C. Kirker, and named for him.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.24 square miles (5.80 km2), all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 525 people, 194 households, and 145 families living in the village. The population density was 234.4 inhabitants per square mile (90.5/km2). There were 214 housing units at an average density of 95.5 per square mile (36.9/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 94.5% White, 2.9% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.
There were 194 households, of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.3% were non-families.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kirkersville, Ohio” is human settlement in Licking County, Ohio, United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kirkersville, Ohio and human, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “human settlement in Licking County, Ohio, United States of America” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2668694. VIAF identifies the subject as 146771086. The Library of Congress control number is n2001062101. Authority coordinates are 39.958, -82.596. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1832 and 2010.
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