Welcome to Clarksville ...

Clarksville is located in Baker County<1>.

The location of Clarksville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarksville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

Clarksville is 3,700 feet [1,128 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Clarksville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Clarksville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Clarksville (for example, toward Midvale (ID)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area codes for Clarksville: (541) & (458)<4>

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), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), 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.

• Malheur City ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
  • Malheur City is located in Malheur County
• Rye Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
  • Rye Valley is located in Baker County
• Durkee
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durkee
  • Durkee is located in Baker County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durkee <5>
• Weatherby
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
  • Weatherby is located in Baker County
• Hereford
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
  • Hereford is located in Baker County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hereford <5>
• Ironside
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironside
  • Ironside is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ironside <5>
• Brogan
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
  • Brogan is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brogan <5>
• Auburn ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Baker County
• Lime ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Lime is located in Baker County
• Baker City
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
  • Baker City is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
  • Baker City has also been known as:
  • Baker
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <5>

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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Clarksville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clarksville post office opened in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarksville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clarksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/