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Welcome to Clarkdale ...

Clarkdale is located in Appanoose County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkdale, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Clarkdale is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Clarkdale: 641

Communities Also Named Clarkdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Clarkdale - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada and Virginia.

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

Communities near Clarkdale ...

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

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 Clarkdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clarkdale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clarkdale. 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 Clarkdale.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarkdale ...

Looking for more information about Clarkdale? 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 Clarkdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clarkdale.

Adding Clarkdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clarkdale 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 for Clarkdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Clarkdale post office opened in 1893.

We also found Clarkdale on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Appanoose, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarkdale - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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