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Clarke County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
43historic places
—earliest paper
1836formed
14,783pop. 2020
10cemeteries
14CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 43 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Berryville, White Post, Boyce.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clarke titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 43 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

43 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AnnefieldBoyceBuilding1969
Bear's Den Rural Historic DistrictBluemontDistrict2009
Berryville Historic DistrictBerryvilleDistrict1987
Bethel Memorial ChurchWhite PostBuilding1991
Blandy Experimental Farm Historic DistrictBoyceDistrict1992
Boyce Historic DistrictBoyceDistrict2004
Burwell-Morgan MillMillwoodBuilding1969
Carter HallMillwoodBuilding1973
Chapel HillBerryvilleBuilding2004
Chapel Rural Historic DistrictMillwoodDistrict2014
Clarke County Courthouse (Old)BerryvilleBuilding1983
CleridgeStephensonDistrict2011
ClermontBerryvilleDistrict2005
Cool Spring BattlefieldBerryvilleDistrict1997
FairfieldBerryvilleBuilding1970
FarnleyWhite PostBuilding1989
Glendale FarmBerryvilleBuilding1995
Greenway Court NHLWhite PostBuilding1966
Greenway Historic DistrictBoyceDistrict1993
Greenway Historic District (Boundary Increase)White PostDistrict2007
Greenway Historic District (Boundary Increase)MillwoodBuilding1997
GuilfordWhite PostBuilding1993
HuntingdonBoyceBuilding1979
Josephine City Historic DistrictBerryvilleDistrict2015
Josephine City SchoolBerryvilleBuilding1995
Locke's MillBerryvilleStructure2019
Long BranchMillwoodBuilding1969
Long Marsh Run Rural Historic DistrictBerryvilleDistrict1996
Lucky HitWhite PostBuilding1993
MeadeaWhite PostBuilding1995
Millwood Colored SchoolBoyceBuilding2000
Millwood Commercial Historic DistrictMillwoodDistrict2006
NorwoodBerryvilleBuilding1994
Old ChapelMillwoodBuilding1973
River HouseMillwoodBuilding1993
Saratoga NHLBoyceBuilding1970
ScalebyBoyceBuilding1990
Smithfield FarmBerryvilleBuilding2001
Soldier's RestBerryvilleBuilding1996
Stone's ChapelBerryvilleBuilding2019
Tuleyries, TheWhite PostBuilding1972
White Post Historic DistrictWhite PostDistrict1983
Wickliffe ChurchBerryvilleBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clarke was formed in 1836 (1836-03-08) from Frederick.

CLARKE created from FREDERICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clarke County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

15k11k6,3531840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,3537,1467,6827,9277,1657,1597,0747,9429,96512,65214,783

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

10 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 10 of 10 listed
NameLatLon
Berryville Cemetery39.15343-77.98305
Crums Cemetery39.20951-78.00172
Grace Cemetery39.15232-77.98027
Green Hill Cemetery39.15816-77.97666
Little Chapel Cemetery39.09233-78.02361
Milton Valley Cemetery39.1401-77.97889
Old Bethel Cemetery39.02978-78.04632
Old Chapel Cemetery39.10677-78.01444
Old Salem Cemetery39.13011-78.0825
Stones Chapel Cemetery39.22621-78.01027

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Berryville7,0127.1 kmVA118
Cool Spring5,7448.9 kmVA114
Opequon13,58814.2 kmVA119
Winchester Ii17,74816.5 kmVA107
Upperville25717.0 kmVA038
Kernstown Ii5,85717.6 kmVA116
Kernstown I4,02618.3 kmVA101
Summit Point5,13220.7 kmWV014
Smithfield Crossing3,13021.4 kmWV015
Middleburg57125.3 kmVA037
Front Royal3,14726.4 kmVA103
Harpers Ferry7,19130.8 kmWV010
Cedar Creek12,95532.3 kmVA122
Aldie1,12832.6 kmVA036

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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