Clarksburg, Indiana

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Clarksburg, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Location of Clarksburg in Decatur County, Indiana.
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Clarksburg
Coordinates: 39°26′00″N85°20′52″W / 39.43333°N 85.34778°W / 39.43333; -85.34778 Coordinates: 39°26′00″N85°20′52″W / 39.43333°N 85.34778°W / 39.43333; -85.34778
Country United States
State Indiana
County Decatur
Township Fugit
Area
[1]
 • Total0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
 • Land0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,056 ft (322 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total127
 • Density265.14/sq mi (102.36/km2)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code 18-12880 [2]
GNIS feature ID432573 [3]

Clarksburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fugit Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Clarksburg was 149. [4]

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History

Clarksburg was laid out in 1832. It was named for its founder, Woodson Clark. [5]

The Clarksburg post office was established in 1835, but the name of the post office was officially spelled Clarksburgh until 1893. [6]

John Miller, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, was born in Clarksburg in 1840. [7]

Geography

Clarksburg is located in northeastern Decatur County at 39°26′00″N85°20′52″W / 39.43333°N 85.34778°W / 39.43333; -85.34778 . It is 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Greensburg, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Clarksburg CDP has an area of 0.48 square miles (1.24 km2), all land. [4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2020 127—
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Clarksburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clarksburg CDP, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 26, 2015.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  129.
  6. ↑ "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review , Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page
  8. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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