Welcome to Clark ...

Clark is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clark, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Clark is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clark: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Clark ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Clark - they are located in Alabama (3), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia (2), West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Clark ...

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

• Medford
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Medford is located in Taylor County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,267 people
• Stanley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people
• Abbotsford
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Abbotsford is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,225 people
• Colby
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Colby is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,941 people
• Thorp
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thorp is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,604 people
• Greenwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
• Owen
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Owen is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
• Dorchester
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Dorchester is located in Clark County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
• Boyd
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Boyd is located in Chippewa County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 528 people
• Stetsonville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 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 Clark. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clark.

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

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

Adding Clark to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Clark post office opened in 1855. The Clark post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clark.