​KIRKSVILLE, a city of Missouri, the county seat of Adair co. It is on the Wabash and the Quincy, Omaha, and Kansas City railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and coal mining region. The chief industry is the manufacture of shoes. There is a court house, a government building, and a State normal school. Pop. (1910) 6,347; (1920) 7,213.