Welcome to Clarkton ...Clarkton is located in Halifax County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Clarkton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Clarkton is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Clarkton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Clarkton: 434 Communities Also Named Clarkton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Clarkton - they are located in Missouri and North Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clarkton. Websites for Clarkton ...Chamber of Commerce: www.halifaxchamber.net/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Clarkton, the following might be of interest: Communities near Clarkton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clarkton.
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 Clarkton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clarkton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clarkton. 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 Clarkton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clarkton. See our Newspapers Page for Clarkton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clarkton ...Looking for more information about Clarkton? 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 Clarkton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clarkton. Adding Clarkton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Clarkton 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 Clarkton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Clarkton. Footnotes ...
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