Clarkton, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Dunklin County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 1,330 (Change since 1990: +19.5%)
• Founded: ca. 1860
• Name origin: Henry E. Clark
• Previously known as: Bach, Beech Grove, , and Beech

Geography

• Located at the intersection of MO 25 and MO 162 south of Malden
• Latitude: 36°27'03" N   (+36.4509)
• Longitude: 89°58'04" W   (-89.9679)
• Public Land Survey: T. 21 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 15 & 22
• Civil township: Freeborn
• Land area: 1.1 square miles

As the crow flies, Clarkton is...

• 2.0 miles E of Baird
• 2.7 miles W of Gideon
• 3.3 miles S of McGuire
• 4.5 miles NE of Holcomb
• 4.5 miles S of Providence
• 5.7 miles NE of Pine City
• 6.2 miles N of Peach Orchard
• 6.5 miles SE of Campbell
• 6.7 miles SW of Hartzell
• 7.7 miles NE of Frisbee
• 63.7 miles SW of Cape Girardeau
• 150.8 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

Named for Henry E. Clark, contractor on the pole road between Clarkton and Weaversville (now Boekerton)

Demographics