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Clarke County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- George Rogers Clark
- Seat
- Berryville
- Largest town
- Berryville
- Total
- 178 sq mi (460 km )
- Land
- 176 sq mi (460 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,609
- Density
- 84.0/sq mi (32.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- clarkecounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Rogers Clark
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Berryville
- Population
- 14783
- Area
- 462
- Shares border with
- Berkeley County
- Official website
- www.co.clarke.va.us
- Image
- Clarke-County-Courthouse-Berryville-Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 5690
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- Commons category
- Clarke County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Clarke County, Virginia
- inception
- 1836-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clarke County, Virginia
- different from
- Clarke County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Clarke County
- per capita income
- 42327
- P12749
- Rosa arkansana
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarke County is a United States county located along the northern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Bordering West Virginia, Clarke County forms part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 14,783. Its county seat is the historic town of Berryville.
The county was established in 1836 from part of Frederick County, and was named for Virginia Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. Historically agrarian, Clarke County is one of the most sparsely populated areas of Northern Virginia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clarke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.