Welcome to Clarkson ...

So far, we found very little information about Clarkson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Clarkson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clarkson, please Contact Us.

Clarkson would have been located within present day Chester County<2>.

The location of Clarkson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Clarkson is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Clarkson was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Clarkson still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code.

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, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Clarkson ...

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

• Rock Hill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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  • Rock Hill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hill <5>
• York
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Union
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Chester
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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  • Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
• Sharon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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  • Sharon is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon <5>
• Hickory Grove
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Hickory Grove is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Grove <5>
• Lockhart
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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  • Lockhart is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockhart <5>
• Carlisle
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • Carlisle is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <5>
• McConnells
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnells
  • McConnells is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McConnells <5>
• Richburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richburg
  • Richburg is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richburg <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 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.

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 for Clarkson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clarkson post office opened in 1901.

We also found Clarkson on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/