Clarkson, Texas

Clarkson is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas, United States, nine miles northeast of Cameron, with a reported population now of just ten residents.^[1] Located on Farm-to-Market Road 1445, Clarkson's population peaked at 50 in the 1940s,^[2] and at that time the town had two schools: a one-teacher school for forty-three white students, and a two-teacher school for 105 black students. Both consolidated with the Cameron Independent School District in the 1950s, as the population dropped to what it is today: ten.

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Municipalities and communities of Milam County, Texas, United States County seat: Cameron Cities Cameron Milano Rockdale Thorndale‡ Town Buckholts Unincorporated communities Ben Arnold Branchville Burlington Corinth Davilla Gause Pettibone Ghost towns Briary Bryant Station Bushdale Clarkson Duncan Nashville Nile Sipe Springs Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 30°59′43″N 96°55′30″W / 30.99528°N 96.92500°W / 30.99528; -96.92500