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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Clarkson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Clarkson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clarkson, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Clarkson (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Clarkson. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Clarkson is historic, it would have been located within present day Warren County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Warren County: Clarke, Dallas, Lucas, Madison, Marion & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Clarkson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clarkson:
- Warren County (The home county of Clarkson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Ackworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ackworth is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Milo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Indianola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Lacona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
- Spring Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Saint Marys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Marys is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Martensdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prole is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prole
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Woodburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Osceola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Booneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Van Meter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waukee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Vandalia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vandalia is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Prairie City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oswalt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oswalt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswalt
- Reasnor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reasnor is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reasnor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Valeria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valeria is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Metz
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Metz is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Goddard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goddard is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
- Green Castle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Green Castle is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- Galesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Galesburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesburg
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Williamson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lucas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lucas is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Olmitz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Olmitz is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olmitz
- Chariton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Derby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Derby is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Russell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zero is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Saint Charles
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Truro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Patterson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- East Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Peru is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Winterset
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Swan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Bauer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bauer is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Melcher - Dallas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Melcher - Dallas is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melcher - Dallas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Percy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Percy is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Newbern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Knoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cordova
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cordova is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Columbia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Attica is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Indiana
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Indiana is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana
- Pershing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pershing is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pershing
- Otley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Carlisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Adelphi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Adelphi is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelphi
- Runnells
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Levey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Levey is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levey
- Norwalk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Des Moines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Country Estate Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Altoona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Commerce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- West Des Moines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clarkson, see our County-by-County Page for Clarkson.
Cemeteries Near Clarkson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarkson.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Clarkson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarkson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Hammondsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milo IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lacey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ackworth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Belmont Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Indianola.
- The Belmont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belmont Zion Cemetery
- Old Baptist Cemetery
- St. Augustine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94230 <4>
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Motor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Indianola City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goodes Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (315 more) ...
- Laverty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Clarkson itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clarkson, with the one closest to Clarkson listed first.
- Ackworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ackworth is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Milo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Indianola
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palmyra
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palmyra is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Caloma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caloma is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caloma
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summerset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summerset is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
- Liberty Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Cool
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cool is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool
- Lacona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Bauer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bauer is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauer
- Swan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarkson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarkson.
Newspapers Published in Clarkson ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarkson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clarkson, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clarkson.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Clarkson:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Dallas County
- Jasper County
- Lucas County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Polk County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Clarkson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clarkson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |