Virginia · Census place 5116992
Clarksville, Virginia
Clarksville is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia with an estimated 1,309 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,309
- #119 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 450 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Clarksville population, 2020 to 2024
Clarksville added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Clarksville covers 2.91 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 450 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Clarksville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clarksville is in
All of Clarksville's residents live in Mecklenburg County, which had 30,824 residents in 2024. Clarksville holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clarksville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarksville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23927. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Clarksville is
The Census internal point of Clarksville is at 36.618200, -78.564500. Richmond, the capital, is 89.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chase City, VA (2,057 people), 13.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 48.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.618200, -78.564500
- DMS
- 36°37'5.52"N 78°33'52.20"W
- UTM
- 17N 717799.0E 4055281.5N
- Geohash
- dq80k4ph6
- Plus code
- 8783JC9P+75
Daylight in Clarksville
At 36.62° N, Clarksville gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clarksville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Chase City, 13.8 miles away, with 2,057 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clarksville, VA?
1,309 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.6%) from 1,301 in July 2020.
What county is Clarksville in?
Mecklenburg County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clarksville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 23927.
How far is Clarksville from Richmond?
89.1 miles (143.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Clarksville.
What is the nearest larger city to Clarksville?
Chase City, VA, with 2,057 residents, 13.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.