Clarke County
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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
Article
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.