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Welcome to Clare ...

Clare is located in Allen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clare, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Clare is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clare: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Clare ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Clare - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio (2) and Ontario.

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

Communities near Clare ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Portland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Portland is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <4>
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Scottsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Westmoreland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hall Town
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Orlinda
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Orlinda is located in Robertson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlinda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orlinda <4>
  • Woodburn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodburn is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
  • New Deal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • New Deal is located in Sumner County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 368 people
  • Cottontown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clare ...

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

Adding Clare to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clare post office opened in 1892. The Clare post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clare.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Allen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clare - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Clare area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Clare area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/