Do you know of Clarksville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Clarksville. 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 Clarksville.
We found mention of Clarksville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1830 and closed in 1860.
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 Clarksville ...
We found 43 communities that share the name Clarksville.
Within South Carolina, the name Clarksville is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 41 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Clarksville [Clarke County].
- Arkansas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Clarksville [Johnson County].
- California
- El Dorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Clarksville [El Dorado County].
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Clarksville [New London County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Clarksville [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Clarksville [Calhoun County].
- Duval County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Clarksville [Duval County].
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Clarksville [Marion County].
- Georgia
- Habersham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Clarksville [Habersham County].
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Clarksville [Kootenai County].
- Illinois
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Clarksville [Clark County].
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Clarksville [McLean County].
- Indiana
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Clarksville [Clark County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Clarksville [Hamilton County].
- Iowa
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Clarksville [Butler County].
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Cherokee County].
- Geary County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Geary County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Johnson County].
- Leavenworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Leavenworth County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Clarksville [Clark County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Clarksville [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clarksville [Ionia County].
- Missouri
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Clarksville [Pike County].
- Nevada
- Pershing County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Clarksville [Pershing County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Clarksville [Coos County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Clarksville [Hunterdon County].
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Clarksville [Mercer County].
- New York
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Clarksville [Albany County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Clarksville.
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksville [Clinton County].
- Defiance County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksville [Defiance County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksville [Perry County].
- Oklahoma
- Wagoner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Clarksville [Wagoner County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Clarksville.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Clarksville [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clarksville [Greene County].
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clarksville [Mercer County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clarksville [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Clarksville [Montgomery County].
- Texas
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Clarksville [Cameron County].
- Red River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Clarksville [Red River County].
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Clarksville [Mecklenburg County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Clarksville [Washington County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Clarksville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Clarksville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Clarksville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |