Clarksville, Maryland

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Clarksville, Maryland
Unincorporated community
Montrose Clarksville MD Jan 11.JPG
Montrose Manor in Clarksville.
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland
County Flag of Howard County, Maryland.svg Howard
FoundedJuly 4, 1851
Founded byWilliam Clark
Government
 • County CouncilwomanDeb Jung
District 4
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP
21029
Area code(s) 410 & 443

Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland; the second highest-earning county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] The community is named for William Clark, a farmer who owned much of the land on which the community now lies and served as a postal stop that opened on the 4th of July 1851. [2] [3]

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Montrose and Richland Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [4]

History

In 1699, Thomas Browne, a Patuxent Ranger, ranged the river from the Snowden plantation to where Clarksville is sited. [5] The area was settled with tobacco plantations such as Folly Quarter and Hobbs Regulation with slave labor. [6] In 1838, Dr. William Watkins of Richland Manor proposed the "Howard District" of Anne Arundel County, which became Howard County in 1851. [7] Clarksville's name originates from John R. Clark's family who immigrated from Ireland to the Howard District of Anne Arundel County in 1790. The land he purchased included Jack Howard's blacksmith shop, one of the few African American operated blacksmith's in the county. [8] Clarksville postal office listed the population as just 65 in the 1930s with the key industry of agriculture and limestone mining. Numerous apple orchards were situated between Clarksville and Ashton. [9] In 1869 the town became the terminus of the ten mile Ellicott City and Clarksville turnpike built over the old Sandy Spring road, a ten-mile private toll road created in a time before county maintained roads which later became route 108. [10] [11]

Schooling

There are four public schools located in Clarksville, Maryland. There are two elementary schools, Pointers Run Elementary School and Clarksville Elementary School, while there is one middle school, Clarksville Middle School, and one high school, River Hill High School. All four schools are part of the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS).

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Clarksville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. [12]

People

The following are notable people who were born or live in Clarksville, Maryland:

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarksville (Populated Place)
  2. ↑ "Clarksville". A Gazetteer of Maryland: 24. 1901.
  3. ↑ "Checklist of Maryland Post Offices" (PDF). Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. ↑ Howards Roads to the Past. p. 2.
  6. ↑ Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County. p. 54.
  7. ↑ Howard's Roads to the Past. p. 2.
  8. ↑ Alice Cornelison; Silas E. Craft Sr.; Lillie Price. History of Blacks In Howard County. p. 47.
  9. ↑ Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Maryland. Maryland: A Guide to the Old Line State. p. 317.
  10. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey. Report on the Highways of Maryland, Volume 1. p. 261.
  11. ↑ Celia M. Holland. Old homes and families of Howard County, Maryland: with consideration of various additional points of interest. p. 324.
  12. ↑ "Clarksville, Maryland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

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