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Clarksville, Virginia | |
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| Town of Clarksville | |
 Clarksville welcome sign | |
 Town logo | |
| Motto: Virginia's Only Lakeside Town | |
 Location of Clarksville in Mecklenburg County, Virginia | |
  Clarksville Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°37′20″N 78°33′44″W / 36.62222°N 78.56222°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| Counties | Mecklenburg[1] |
| Incorporated | February 20, 1821 |
| Named for | Clark Royster |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.95 sq mi (7.64 km2) |
| • Land | 2.91 sq mi (7.54 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
| Elevation | 361 ft (110 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,139 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 1,629 |
| • Density | 400.55/sq mi (154.67/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 23927 |
| Area code | 434 |
| FIPS code | 51-16992[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1492773[5] |
| Website | Official website |
Clarksville is a town in Mecklenburg county in the U.S. state of Virginia, near the southern border of the commonwealth. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. Since the town has numerous buildings of the 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century architecture, the downtown area of Clarksville has been designated a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia's Historic Register. Clarksville claims the title of Virginia's only lakeside town.[6] Nearby the town of Clarksville is Occoneechee State Park.
The town is located on Kerr Lake, which is also known as Buggs Island Lake. The 50,000-acre (202 km2) lake is popular for boating and fishing; especially for catfish and many varieties of freshwater bass including largemouth bass, striped bass and crappie.
The Virginia Lake Festival is held annually at Clarksville during the third weekend of July. The town often attracts approximately 80,000 visitors during this three-day event, formerly and colloquially known as "Lakefest". It culminates with a fireworks show on the lake.[7]
The festival has been named among the "Top Twenty Festivals In The Southeast" by the Southeast Tourism Society for many years.
- ^ City and Town Population Totals Datasets: 2010-2015: Virginia, United States Census Bureau, December 1, 2016. Accessed 2017-02-17.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ [1] Virginia's only Lakeside Town.
- ^ [2]