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Welcome to Clarksville ...

Clarksville is located in Clark County<1>.

Clarksville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Clarksville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Clarksville, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Clarksville: 859

Communities Also Named Clarksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Clarksville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (4), 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.

  • Richmond
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Sterling
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Irvine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Camargo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ravenna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Doylesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Doylesville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Clarksville was mentioned on a train schedule titled Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarksville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clark, 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.