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Welcome to Clarkwood ...

Clarkwood is located on the Gulf Coast.

Clarkwood is located in Nueces County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Clarkwood is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Clarkwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Clarkwood: 361

Communities near Clarkwood ...

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

  • Corpus Christi
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Portland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Portland is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,768 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <3>
  • Robstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sinton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sinton is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,281 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sinton <3>
  • Taft
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Taft is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taft <3>
  • Odem
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Odem is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,380 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odem <3>
  • Gregory
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gregory is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gregory <3>
  • Driscoll
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ingleside-On-the-Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Ingleside-On-the-Bay is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside-On-the-Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
  • San Patricio
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • San Patricio is located in San Patricio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people

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 Clarkwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clarkwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clarkwood. 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 Clarkwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarkwood. See our Newspapers Page for Clarkwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarkwood ...

Looking for more information about Clarkwood? 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 Clarkwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clarkwood.

Adding Clarkwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clarkwood 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 (so far) for Clarkwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clarkwood post office opened in 1909. The Clarkwood post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Nueces, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarkwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/