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Do you know of Clark ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Clark. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Clark.

Our sources for Clark (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Clark other than they indicate that Clark would be found somewhere in Walker County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1890.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Clark ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Clark.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Clark.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 37 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Clark [Calhoun County].
    • Pickens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Clark [Pickens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Clark [Routt County].
      • Weld County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Clark [Weld County].
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Clark [Alachua County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Clark [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Clark [Bulloch County].
    • Illinois
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Clark [Greene County].
    • Iowa
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Clark [Clay County].
      • Mills County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Clark [Mills County].
    • Kansas
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clark [Clark County].
      • Ford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clark [Ford County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Clark [Jefferson County].
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Clark [Mason County].
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clark [Houghton County].
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clark [Lake County].
    • Mississippi
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Clark [Greene County].
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Clark [Jefferson County].
    • Missouri
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clark [Randolph County].
    • Montana
      • Granite County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Clark [Granite County].
    • Nevada
      • Storey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Clark [Storey County].
    • New Jersey
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Clark [Union County].
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Clark [Chautauqua County].
    • North Carolina
      • Craven County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Clark [Craven County].
      • Haywood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Clark [Haywood County].
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clark [Coshocton County].
      • Darke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clark [Darke County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Clark.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clark [Mercer County].
    • South Dakota
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Clark [Clark County].
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Clark [Hidalgo County].
      • Liberty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Clark [Liberty County].
    • Virginia
      • Pulaski County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Clark [Pulaski County].
      • Wise County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Clark [Wise County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Clark [Harrison County].
      • McDowell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Clark [McDowell County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Clark [Clark County].
    • Wyoming
      • Park County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Clark [Park County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Clark ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Clark:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Clark - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Walker County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Walker County.

Allen 
Argo HeightsKilgo
 Kings
BergensKlondike
  
ChickasawLeespeer
CloughLeith
CoalLeland
ColtaLuckey
Cormick 
Creel TownMcCullum
  
DixieNew Dora
  
EagleOakland
Est 
 Parkland
Galloway 
Gamble MinesRonald
Gravleeton 
GurganusSegco
 Stansbury
Hillard 
Horse CreekTiger Mines
 Tryst
Jagger 
JimhillWest Pratt
JugWilmington

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Clark could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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