Clarkson is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Milam County, Texas
Milam County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 24,754. The county seat is Cameron, Texas, Cameron. The county was created in 1834 as a m ...
, United States.
According to the
Handbook of Texas
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had a population of 10 in 2000.
History
A post office was established at Clarkson in 1889 and remained in operation until 1906. Its population was reported as 50 in the 1940s, a figure which declined to 10 from 1990 through 2000.
Geography
Clarkson is located on
Farm to Market Road 1445, northeast of
Cameron in northern Milam County.
Education
In 1903, Clarkson had a one-teacher school for 43 White students and a two-teacher school for 105 black students. They joined the
Cameron Independent School District in the early 1950s.
See also
*
U.S. Route 77 in Texas
References
Unincorporated communities in Milam County, Texas
Ghost towns in Central Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas
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