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Originally called Beech, the town site was platted as Clarkton in 1876. [4] The present name is after Henry E. Clark, a contractor on a new plank road leading to town. [5] [6] A post office called Beech was established in 1855, and the name was changed to Clarkton in 1870.
Clarkton is located at the crossroads of North Carolina Highway 211 and U.S. Route 701, 11 miles (18 km) south of Elizabethtown and the Cape Fear River.The closest town to Clarkton is Bladenboro, 8 miles (13 km) to the west on NC 211.
Country: United States: State: North Carolina: County: Bladen: Area [1] • Total. ... The Town of Clarkton, North Carolina is within Brown Marsh Township. Geography
Smithfield Foods operates a pork processing facility north of the town of Tar Heel, the largest such plant in the world. [35] It employs 5,800 workers, making it the county's largest employer. [36] The county is the largest producer of blueberries in the state. Area farmers also grow soybeans, peanuts, corn, wheat, and cotton. [31]
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bladen County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
The land comprising Dunklin County was previously inhabited by the Delaware Tribe of Indians, who had lived in the area since the early 1800s. [3] The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, [4] and named in honor of Daniel Dunklin, [5] a Governor of Missouri who died the year before the county was organized.
John Hector Clark House is a historic home located at Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina. It was built about 1865, and is a one-story, board-and-batten "coastal cottage". It features a broad gable roof and full-facade engaged front porch. It was moved to the present site in 1928–1929, and realigned in 1932.
Clarkston is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.A northern suburb of Detroit, located about 34 mi (55 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Clarkston is surrounded by Independence Township, but administered independently since its incorporation in 1992.