Clarkton, North Carolina

Clarkton is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 837 at the 2010 census.HistoryThe Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church, John Hector Clark House, and Clarkton Depot are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.GeographyClarkton is located at, at the crossroads of North Carolina Highway 211 and U.S. Route 701, south of Elizabethtown and the Cape Fear River. The closest town to Clarkton is Bladenboro, 8mi to the west on NC 211. Another important transit route that enters Clarkton is the CSX Railroad, that parallels North and South Railroad Streets through the town.The most noticeable landmark in this town is the imposing Clarkton Presbyterian Church on Main Street. Frequent visitors to this town also find the Clarkton School of Discovery to be an important landmark in this town. It is located approximately half a mile to the north of Clarkton Presbyterian Church on US Business Route 701.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.2km2, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.57%, is water.