Clarksburg, Indiana

Clarksburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fugit Township, Decatur County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Clarksburg was 149.[4]

Clarksburg, Indiana
Census-designated place
Location of Clarksburg in Decatur County, Indiana.
Location of Clarksburg in Decatur County, Indiana.
Clarksburg is located in Indiana
Clarksburg
Clarksburg
Coordinates: 39°26′00″N 85°20′52″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyDecatur
TownshipFugit
Area
[1]
 • Total0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
 • Land0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,056 ft (322 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total127
 • Density265.14/sq mi (102.36/km2)
ZIP code
47240
FIPS code18-12880[2]
GNIS feature ID432573[3]

History

Clarksburg was laid out in 1832. It was named for its founder, Woodson Clark.[5]

The Clarksburg post office was established in 1835, but the name of the post office was officially spelled Clarksburgh until 1893.[6]

John Miller, Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, was born in Clarksburg in 1840.[7]

Geography

Clarksburg is located in northeastern Decatur County at 39°26′00″N 85°20′52″W. It is 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Greensburg, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Clarksburg CDP has an area of 0.48 square miles (1.24 km2), all land.[4]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020127—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Clarksburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  4. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clarksburg CDP, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  5. Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 129.
  6. "Decatur County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  7. Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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