Clarksville, Delaware | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Delaware#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Clarksville |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Clarksville in Delaware |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Delaware |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sussex |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 16 |
Coordinates: | 38.5489°N -75.1478°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 19970 |
Area Code: | 302 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 10005 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 216066 |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Clarksville is an unincorporated community in Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, United States located just west of Millville. It is centered, more or less, along Delaware Route 26. Many tourists from the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area pass through the town on their way to and from the Delaware Beaches.[3]
The Blackwater Presbyterian Church and Spring Banke near Clarksville are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clarksville's population was 16 in 1900,[4] 63 in 1925,[5] and 200 in 1960.[6] Clarksville formerly had a post office with a ZIP code of 19937; however, the post office closed and the ZIP code was discontinued.[7] Clarksville is currently served by the Ocean View post office with a ZIP code of 19970.