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History · Clarks Hill

Clarks Hill’s post office opened in 1853, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1984 on, and the census since 1900.

1853first post office
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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From Clarks Hill’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Clarks Hill began

When was Clarks Hill founded?

1853

The Clarks Hill post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clark's Hill (1853), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 539 in 19002020 census: 600173 years
Founding year: the first Clarks Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Clarks Hill’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Clarks Hill’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clarks Hill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewShirley's Restaurant, U.S. Highway 52 &…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Clarks Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clarks Hill.

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The post office at Clarks Hill has been in operation since 1853.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Clarks Hill, 1835 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835Born hereWilliam V. Rinehart is born here
  3. 1853Post officeThe Clark's Hill post office opens
  4. 1893Post officeThe Clarke Hill post office opens
  5. 1895Post officeThe Clark's Hill post office closes
  6. 20th century
  7. 1984On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Clarks Hill, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Shirley's Restaurant, U.S. Highway 52 & State Road 28Date?Shirley's Restaurant, U.S. Highway 52 & State Road 28
Today2 recent
Clarks Hill water tower2007Clarks Hill water towerClarks Hill storefronts2007Clarks Hill storefronts
On the map

Clarks Hill on the map in 1984

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clarks Hill.

Clarks Hill on the 1984 USGS map1984Lafayette sheet · 1:100,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Shirley's Restaurant, U.S. Highway 52 & State Road 28
Retake this viewShirley's Restaurant, U.S. Highway 52 & State Road 28

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Clarks Hill’s page.

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People over time

Clarks Hill, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 741

Between 381 and 741 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clarks Hill’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Clark's Hill, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Clark's Hill
1853–1895
Clarke Hill
1893–today
18501940today

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

Questions about Clarks Hill’s history

What year was Clarks Hill founded?

The Clarks Hill post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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Sources

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 (2), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.