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Welcome to Clemville ...

Clemville is located on the Gulf Coast.

Clemville is located in Matagorda County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clemville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Clemville is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Clemville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clemville - it's located in Quebec.

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

Communities near Clemville ...

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

  • Bay City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • El Campo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Danevang
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Markham
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Midfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmaton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Elliott ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Elliott is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Elliott has also been known as:
    • Elliott's
  • Blessing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chalmers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chalmers is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
  • McCroskey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • McCroskey is located in Matagorda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCroskey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clemville ...

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

Adding Clemville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clemville 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 Clemville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clemville post office opened in 1911. The Clemville post office closed in 1980.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clemville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Matagorda, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clemville - 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/