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History · Clarksville City

Half of Clarksville City’s homes were built after 1982

Most of Clarksville City was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1960 on and the census since 1960.

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3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Clarksville City’s past

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The story

How Clarksville City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clarksville City.

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The first settlers arrived in the area before 1845. A stagecoach stop at the home of William W. Walters was later owned and operated by Warren P. Victory. Though first known as "Gilead", the post office was named "Point Pleasant" in 1852. It closed in 1867. The community withered when the railroad bypassed it in 1873, and Gladewater was established. With the advent of the East Texas Oil Field in 1930, so many homes, businesses, and oil-company camps and offices sprang up along the highway that it was called the Main Street of Texas, and street numbers were designated from Longview to Gladewater. The area around George W. Clark's home on the site of the old stagecoach stop became known as "Clarksville".

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By decade

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On the map

Clarksville City on the map, 1960 to 1986

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

Clarksville City on the 1960 USGS mapClarksville City on the 1986 USGS map1960Gladewater sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Clarksville City, census by census

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Between 359 and 865 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Clarksville City

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

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Forest WhitakerAmerican actor · b. 1961
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Don HenleyAmerican rock musician · b. 1947
Miranda LambertAmerican country singer · b. 1983
Patrick MahomesAmerican football player · b. 1995
Freddie KingAmerican blues guitarist and singer · b. 1934
Johnny MathisAmerican singer · b. 1935
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

White OakIts storyDGladewaterIts storyC−Warren CityIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.