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History · Clarkedale

Clarkedale’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Clarkedale was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1931 on.

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Quick answers

How Clarkedale began

When was Clarkedale founded?

1910

The Clarkedale post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clarketon (1884), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 336116 years
Founding year: the first Clarkedale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clarkedale’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Clarkedale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clarkedale’s history is told.

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The story so far

Clarkedale, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clarkedale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Clarkedale is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 336. Clarkedale was incorporated on November 15, 2000.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 371 to 336 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Clarkedale, 1884 to 1931

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Clarketon post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910Post officeThe Clarketon post office closes
  5. 1910Post officeThe Clarkedale post office opens
  6. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Clarkedale, decade by decade

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On the map

Clarkedale on the map, 1931 to 1970

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clarkedale. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Clarkedale on the 1931 USGS mapClarkedale on the 1952 USGS mapClarkedale on the 1961 USGS mapClarkedale on the 1970 USGS map1931Jericho sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clarkedale.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clarkedale

Nobody well known was born in Clarkedale itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Morgan FreemanAmerican actor and producer · b. 1937
Aretha FranklinAmerican singer, songwriter, and pianist · b. 1942
Kathy BatesAmerican film actress and director · b. 1948
Shannen DohertyAmerican actress · b. 1971
Lucy HaleAmerican actress and singer · b. 1989
Ginnifer GoodwinAmerican actress · b. 1978
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Clarkedale’s post office has been open since 1910. Another post office, Clarketon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Clarketon
1884–1910
Clarkedale
1910–today
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Clarkedale SchoolschoolJerusalem SchoolschoolLincoln Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Clarkedale
New Mount Zion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Clarkedale’s history

What year was Clarkedale founded?

The Clarkedale post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.