Clarkesville (other)
Clarkesville may refer to: * Clarkesville, Georgia * Clarkesville, Alabama * Clarkesville, Illinois See also * Clarksville (other) Clarksville may refer to: Canada * Clarksville, Alberta * Clarksville, Nova Scotia United States * Clarksville, Arkansas * Clarksville, California * Clarksville, Delaware * Clarksville, Florida * Clarksville, Idaho * Clarksville, Illinoi ...

Clarkesville, Georgia
Clarkesville is a city that is the county seat of Habersham County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,911, up from the 2010 census population of 1,733, up from 1,248 at the 2000 census. History Clarkesville was founded in 1821 as the seat of Habersham County. The community was named after John Clark. Geography Clarkesville is located in central Habersham County on the south side of the Soquee River, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Chattahoochee River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which are land and , or 1.20%, are water. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 1,911 people, 709 households, and 402 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 1,248 people, 580 households, and 335 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 639 housing units at an average density of . The ...
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Clarkesville, Alabama
Clarkesville (also spelled Clarksville) is a ghost town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. It was the county seat of Clarke County until 1831.Harris, W. Stuart. ''Dead towns of Alabama'', pages 72-73. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1977. History The Alabama legislature appointed a group of county commissioners on 13 December 1819 to select a site for Clarke County's "seat of justice." The legislature made the provision that the site had to be within of the center of county. The commissioners founded Clarkesville as a result. It remained the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ... until 1831, when growing dissatisfaction within the county caused the relocation of the seat to Macon, later renamed Grove Hill. The town had vanished from ...
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Clarkesville, Illinois
Sciota is a village in McDonough County, Illinois, United States. The population was 38 at the 2020 census, down from 61 in 2010. History Sciota was laid out in September 1867 by William B. Clarke and was called "Clarkesville" in his honor. Another town in Illinois already had been named Clarksville (without the "e"), so when the new town's post office was established on February 7, 1868, it was called "Amicus". This discrepancy between town name and post office name led the residents to change both names to "Sciota", after the township in which the town lies. (Sciota Township was named after the Scioto River in Ohio.)Clark (1878), p. 687. The Illinois General Assembly approved the name change on March 29, 1869. A Christian church was erected in 1869, a Baptist church in 1871, and a school building in 1872. In 1878, Sciota was the largest grain market in McDonough County. At that time, the primary crops were corn and oats; now, the village is surrounded by fields of corn and ...
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