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Welcome to Clifford ...

Clifford is located in Webster Parish<1>.

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

Clifford is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clifford: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Clifford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Clifford - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Clifford ...

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

  • Haynesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Plain Dealing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Cotton Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sarepta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Taylor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Taylor is located in Columbia County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
  • Bradley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bradley is located in Lafayette County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <4>
  • Emerson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerson is located in Columbia County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Shongaloo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Western
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Western is located in Columbia County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
  • Ivan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ivan is located in Bossier Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clifford ...

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

Adding Clifford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clifford post office opened in 1892. The Clifford post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clifford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clifford - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Clifford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Clifford 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/