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Welcome to Clarkson ...

Clarkson is located in Howard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Clarkson is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Clarkson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Clarkson - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Clarkson ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.howardchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Clarkson, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Clarkson ...

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

  • Baltimore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rockville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gaithersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <3>
  • Westminster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Mount Airy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sykesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • New Windsor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Garrett Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • New Market
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarkson ...

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

Adding Clarkson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clarkson 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 Clarkson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clarkson post office opened in 1889. The Clarkson post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkson.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarkson - 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.
<4>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/