It is located on the Sorotska river and is the center of the village council, with the hamlet of Bodnarka a part of it.

In addition to the Sorotske, Kozivka borders other villages as Mahdalivka, Hrabovets and Skomorokhy, which belong to Ternopil Raion as well.

The climate of Kozivka is moderately continental, with warm damp summer and mild winters.

On November 23, 1918, the Polish section under the command of Colonel Czesław Rybinsko, formed in Odesa, crossed the border near Sataniv and headed for Ternopil.

Colonel of the West Ukrainian People's Republic, Dmytro Vitovsky, sent Sich Riflemen to meet them, who on November 27 near the village of Kozivka surrounded the Polish detachment and captured them.

In the village, a military organization Zwiazek Strzelecki (Riflemen's Association) was created, whose members brutally beat Ukrainians who wore embroidered shirts.

An outpost of OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) was established in 1939, headed by Mikhailo Poliak, Joseph Hyrun, and Ivan Petriek.

Several monuments are present such as a Cossack grave which has been preserved, a memorable cross erected in honor of the abolition of serfdom in 1848, monuments to soldiers and fellow villagers who died in World War II (1968) and Stepan Bandera (1992).