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Welcome to Clarke Junction ...

Clarke Junction is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Clarke Junction: Clarke Jct. (or less commonly used: Clarke Jctn.)

Clarke Junction is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Clarke Junction (for example, toward Three Oaks (MI)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Clarke Junction: 219

Communities near Clarke Junction ...

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

  • Hammond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gary
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <3>
  • Oak Lawn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Portage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Calumet City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Merrillville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crown Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Chicago Heights
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Schererville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Burbank
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Burbank is located in Cook County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burbank <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarke Junction ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarke Junction - 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.