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Welcome to Clarksville ...

Clarksville is located in Clarke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarksville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1821.

Clarksville is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Clarksville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Clarksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Clarksville - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clarksville.

Communities near Clarksville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clarksville.

  • Jackson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Thomasville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Grove Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Coffeeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fulton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fulton is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Winn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Winn is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
  • Toddtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Toddtown is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddtown
  • Dickinson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Dickinson is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
  • Salitpa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salitpa is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
  • Stave Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Stave Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stave Creek

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Clarksville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clarksville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clarksville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarksville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarksville. See our Newspapers Page for Clarksville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarksville ...

Looking for more information about Clarksville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Clarksville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clarksville.

Adding Clarksville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clarksville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Clarksville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clarksville post office opened in 1821. The Clarksville post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarksville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarksville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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