Clarksville, Indiana Town of Clarksville Clarksville Town Hall Clarksville Town Hall Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River and is a part of the Louisville Metropolitan area.
The town was established in 1783 by early resident George Rogers Clark at the only cyclic rapids on the entire Ohio River, it is the earliest American town in the Northwest Territory.
The town is home to the Colgate clock, one of the biggest clocks in the world and the Falls of the Ohio State Park, home to the world's biggest exposed Devonian reconstructionfossil bed.
The site that would turn into Clarksville was first used as a base of operations by George Rogers Clark amid the American Revolution.
In 1783, 1,000 acres (4 km2) were set aside for the evolution of a town, Clarksville.
Due to the many floods in the nineteenth century and the Indiana Canal Company's floundered competition to build a canal around the Ohio Falls, the town struggled.
On August 24, 1805 the Indiana Territorial Legislature authorized the assembly of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio at Clarksville.
The lack of a canal handicapped the expansion of the town as the Falls of the Ohio made river transport from the town/city difficult. Clarksville became a prominent dueling spot for Kentuckians who wanted to dodge their home state's anti-dueling laws.
The most famous of these was the 1809 duel between Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall. There was an attempt to build a second town inside Clarksville's boundaries, titled Ohio Falls City, until the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that this would be illegal.
The town was managed by a ten-member Board of Trustees in the charter from Virginia. The trustees were allowed to align lots along roads and sell the lots for the proceeds to benefit the town.
One member was chose by the Floyd County Commissioners, one by the Clark County Commissioners, and one by inhabitants of Clarksville.
With almost all of the old town destroyed, Clarksville was rebuilt with a new undivided town/city plan.
In 1990 voters allowed expansion of members of the Town Council from five to seven following the region growth. Clarksville is now the primary shopping core of Southern Indiana, with the core area centered on Lewis and Clark Parkway and close-by Veterans Parkway.
According to the 2010 census, Clarksville has a total region of 10.17 square miles (26.34 km2), of which 9.97 square miles (25.82 km2) (or 98.03%) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (or 1.97%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 21,724 citizens , 9,175 homeholds, and 5,464 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 85.1% White, 5.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 5.7% from other competitions, and 2.5% from two or more competitions.
There were 9,175 homeholds of which 29.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town was 37.3 years.
22.9% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,400 citizens , 8,984 homeholds, and 5,561 families residing in the town.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 90.56% White, 5.59% African American, 0.27% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.08% from other competitions, and 1.53% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $35,473, and the median income for a family was $44,688.
The Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center positioned next to the Ohio River fossil beds This region has now been incorporated in the Falls of the Ohio State Park, where the state has assembled an education center.
The town/city has the "7th biggest clock in the world", at the former Colgate-Palmolive Plant near the Ohio River.
The town has vowed to keep the clock in its current location, which can be seen from athwart the river in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
The Clarksville Little Theater is one of the earliest continuously running improve theaters in the United States.
Clarksville is also the home of the nation's second biggest Bass Pro at the River Falls Mall.
World's biggest exposed Devonian fossil bed is at Clarksville's Falls of the Ohio State Park List of metros/cities and suburbs along the Ohio River Clarks Hill, Indiana, a improve in Tippecanoe County originally titled Clarksville Jane Sarles, Clarksville, Indiana, p.
"Town of Clarksville:Pre-History & History".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Town of Clarksville's Parks".
"Town of Clarksville: Information".
"Town of Clarksville: Sister City Information".
Welcome to the Town of Clarksville Archived May 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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