Clarkson, Texas

Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 10 in 2000.

History

A post office was established at Clarkson in 1889 and remained in operation until 1906. Its population was reported as 50 in the 1940s, a figure which declined to 10 from 1990 through 2000.

Geography

Clarkson is located on Farm to Market Road 1445, northeast of Cameron in northern Milam County.

Education

In 1903, Clarkson had a one-teacher school for 43 White students and a two-teacher school for 105 black students. They joined the Cameron Independent School District in the early 1950s.