Do you know of Clarksburg ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Clarksburg. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Clarksburg.

Our sources for Clarksburg (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Clarksburg other than they indicate that Clarksburg would be found somewhere in Rankin County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1923.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Clarksburg ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Clarksburg.

Within Mississippi, the name Clarksburg is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Yolo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Clarksburg [Yolo County].
  • Illinois
    • Shelby County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Clarksburg [Shelby County].
  • Indiana
    • Decatur County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Clarksburg [Decatur County].
  • Kentucky
    • Lewis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Clarksburg [Lewis County].
  • Maryland
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Clarksburg [Montgomery County].
  • Michigan
    • Marquette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clarksburg [Marquette County].
  • Missouri
    • Moniteau County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clarksburg [Moniteau County].
    • Putnam County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clarksburg [Putnam County].
  • New Jersey
    • Monmouth County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Clarksburg [Monmouth County].
  • New York
    • Erie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Clarksburg [Erie County].
  • Ohio
    • Belmont County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksburg [Belmont County].
    • Ross County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksburg [Ross County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Clarksburg.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Indiana County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clarksburg [Indiana County].
  • Tennessee
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Clarksburg [Carroll County].
  • West Virginia
    • Harrison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Clarksburg [Harrison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Clarksburg ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Clarksburg:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Clarksburg - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Clarksburg.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 28/13780   (Place Name: Clarksburg)

County: Rankin     (FIPS State/County: 28/121      Count/Seq: 02/01)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Clarksburg) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Rankin County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Rankin County.