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Welcome to Clarkson ...

Clarkson is located in Culpeper County<1>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Clarkson is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Clarkson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Clarkson: (540)

Websites for Clarkson ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.culpepervachamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Clarkson, the following might be of interest:

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 Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas 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.

  • Culpeper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Orange
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Remington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Remington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remington
    • Remington is located in Fauquier County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Remington <4>
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Madison is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Norman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
  • Tryme
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tryme have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
    • Tryme is located in Madison County
  • Griffinsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffinsburg
    • Griffinsburg is located in Culpeper County
  • Slate Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
    • Slate Mills is located in Rappahannock County
  • Eggbornsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eggbornsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eggbornsville
    • Eggbornsville is located in Culpeper County

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarkson ...

Looking for more information about Clarkson? 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 Clarkson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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.<5>

From that list, the Clarkson post office opened in 1889.

We also found Clarkson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkson.

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

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Culpeper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clarkson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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