Place:Clarke, Virginia, United States

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Place Information
Name
Clarke
Alternate names
Clarke     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
39.117°N 77.967°W
Located in
Virginia, United States     (1836 - )
See also
Frederick, Virginia, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Inhabited place
Berrys
Berryville
Bethel
Boyce
Briggs
Claytonville
Double Tollgate
Frogtown
Gaylord
Greenway Court
Lewisville
Lockes Landing
Lost Corner
Millwood
Pigeon Hill
Pyletown
Saratoga
Stone Bridge
Stringtown
Swimley
Wadesville
Waterloo
Webbtown
White Post
Wickliffe
Watching Page

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Clarke County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 12,652. Its county seat is Berryville6.

This county is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

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History

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Clarke County was established in 1836 from Frederick County. The county is named for General George Rogers Clark, of the Revolutionary War. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron's 5 million acre (20,000 km²) property was located in the county, what is now the village of White Post. White Post was named for the large signpost pointing the way to Lord Fairfax's office. During the Civil War, John S. Mosby, "the Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy, raided General Sheridan's supply train in the summer of 1864, in Berryville. The Battle of Cool Spring was fought in Clarke County on July 17th and 18th, 1864.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 6,353
1850 7,352
1860 7,146
1870 6,670
1880 7,682
1890 8,071
1900 7,927
1910 7,468
1920 7,165
1930 7,167
1940 7,159
1950 7,074
1960 7,942
1970 8,102
1980 9,965
1990 12,101
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