Clarksburg, Indiana

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Clarksburg, Indiana
Census-designated place
Decatur County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clarksburg Highlighted 1812880.svg
Location of Clarksburg in Decatur County, Indiana.
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Clarksburg
Coordinates: 39°26′06″N85°20′57″W / 39.43500°N 85.34917°W / 39.43500; -85.34917
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
[2]
1,053 ft (321 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total127
 • Density265.14/sq mi (102.36/km2)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code 18-12880 [3]
GNIS feature ID2587015 [2]

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 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.Note%±
2020 127—
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

Education

It is in Decatur County Community Schools. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksburg, Indiana
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  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 August 31, 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.
  9. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Decatur County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 18, 2024. - Text list


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