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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.<1> 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. 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.
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.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Clarksburg - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
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.
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