There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. This is equal to 1/640 of a square mile, or approximately 80 percent of the area of an American football field, including the end zones.
Kirkby is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Kirkby family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Kirkby family lived at Kirkby in Furness. The name Kirkby means village with a church.
A post office called Kirkland has been in operation since 1875. Kirkland was platted in 1876. The village was named for William T. Kirk, a local landowner. On April 9, 2015, parts of the village suffered damage after a tornado struck the town.