WEBSITE HOSTING AVAILABLE for COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES: In January 2008, the Greene County Commissioners began offering Municipal Website Hosting, to encourage our townships and boroughs to compile information about their own municipality that would benefit the residents of that municipality.
We're proud to announce that Perry Township has been the first to take advantage of our county website hosting service.
Contact Information:
Sam Benyi, Mayor
300 Factory Street
Clarksville, PA 15322
Phone: 724-377-0155
COG Website: Clarksville Borough
Clarksville Fire Department:
To Report a Fire: 911
Business Calls Only: 724-377-1460
About Us:
Clarksville — was founded in 1839 and incorporated on June 1909. Located in Congressional District 12, 46th Senatorial District and 50th Legislative District of Pennsylvania.
Children living in Clarksville Borough attend schools within the
Jefferson-Morgan School District (Jefferson-Morgan Elementary and High School). Clarksville Borough Voting Precinct: is located in the Clarksville Senior Center at 102 East Street (corner of South & Green Steets) Clarksville, PA 15322 (Senior Center Phone: 724-377-1144. For more information, go to:
Polling Precincts or contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304. Comprehensive Plan: Almost two years after beginning the process, eight municipalities
in southeastern Greene County held a final public meeting Monday, October 27, 2008 on a draft of their multi-municipal comprehensive plan.
Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development. Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments (JMRCOG): was created in 2004 and includes Jefferson Township, Morgan Township, Clarksville Borough, Jefferson Borough and Rices Landing Borough. The council was created to allow the municipalities to purchase equipment and materials at a lower cost as well as pull their resources in times of need.
Click here for the Clarksville Borough JMRCOG information (JMRCOG address: P.O. Box 3 Mather, PA 15346 / Phone: 724-883-2150 / Fax: 724-883-3044 and/or Email: jeff-morgcog@jeff-morgcog.org).
Effective August 12, 2008, the Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments enacted a new Multi-Municipal zoning ordinance. The ordinance covers Jefferson Township, Jefferson Borough, Morgan Township, and Clarksville Borough. Rices Landing Borough has it's own ordinance.
Click here for the Jefferson Morgan Multi-Municipal Zoning Ordiance document. Clarksville Borough Council: (List Updated 1/7/2010)
Scheduled Borough Council Meetings: are held at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Borough Building. Board Meeting Minutes:coming Building Permits & Ordinances:coming Notable mentions within Clarksville Borough:
The residents of Clarksville celebrated their 100th anniversary of the Greene County Community on June 5-7, 2009.
On August 3, 1963 — a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 26.5 miles away from the Clarksville city center killed 2 people and injured 70 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages. Source: www.city-data.com/city/Clarksville-Pennsylvania.html)
On June 3, 1980 — a category 3 tornado 32.3 miles away from the city center injured 19 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages. Source: www.city-data.com/city/Clarksville-Pennsylvania.html)
The historical sites:
Organizations & landmarks:
Nearby Medical Facility(ies):
Brownsville General Hospital (about 11 miles to Brownsville, PA)
Southwest Regional Medical Center (about 11 miles to Waynesburg, PA)
Washington Hospital (about 14 miles to Washington, PA)
Area Churches:
Shiloh Baptist Church, 11 Locust Street, Clarksville, PA 15322
St. Marcellus Catholic Church, 30 Main Street, Clarksville, PA 15322
St. Thomas Catholic Church, 30 Main Street, Clarksville, PA 15322
Church of God, 81 Walnut Street, Clarksville, PA 15352
Clarksville Christian Church, 330 Market Street, Clarksville, PA 15322
Monongahela United Methodist Parish, Clarksville, PA 15322
Clarksville Missionary Church, Clarksville, PA 15322
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Clarksville:
California University of Pennsylvania (about 13 miles from California, PA)
West Virginia University (about 24 miles from Morgantown)
University of Pittsburgh-Main campus (about 32 miles from Pittsburgh, PA)
Community College of Allegheny County (about 32 miles from Pittsburgh, PA)
Duquesne University (about 32 miles from Pittsburgh, PA)
Point Park College (about 32 miles from Pittsburgh, PA)
Art Institute Pittsburgh (about 33 miles from Pittsburgh, PA)
Pennsylvania Local Government:
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units.
All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap deographically and may act together to serve the public.
Clarksville is a borough within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population was 234 at the 2000 census. Clarksville is located at 39°58'27"N, 80°2'41"W (39.974170, -80.044833) GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²), all land.
Demographics of Clarksville Borough: (Information Source: Wikipedia, "The Free Encyclopedia" and the U.S. Census Bureau)
As of the census GR2 of 2000, there were 234 people, 78 households,and 52 families residing in the borough.
The population density was 903.5/km² (2,387.1/mi²).
There were 90 housing units at an average density of 347.5/km² (918.1/mi²).
The racial makeup of the borough was 96.15% White, 1.28% African American, 0.43% Native American and 2.14% Pacific Islander.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.43% of the population.
There were 78 households out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families.
28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the borough the population was spread out with 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 27.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $25,833, and the median income for a family was $26,429.
Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $31,250 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $13,720.
About 7.1% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.4% of those sixty five or over.
Ancestries: English (13.7%), German (13.7%), Irish (10.7%), Italian (8.1%), United States (6.0%), Dutch (4.3%).
USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the
USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
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