Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Clarksburg was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1936 on and the census since 1880.
The Clarksburg post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Roan's Creek (1847), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clarksburg’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clarksburg yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clarksburg is a town in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clarksburg had a population of 379. Clarksburg has its own high school.
Its first post office opened in 1857. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 393 to 379 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereBenjamin A. Enloe is born here
Born hereJohn E. McCall is born here
Born hereDanny Dill is born here
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clarksburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clarksburg.
Between 101 and 400 people in every census since 1880.
8 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clarksburg’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Clarksburg’s post office has been open since 1857. Another post office, Roan's Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Clarksburg post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 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.
