Clarkville - New Mexico Ghost Town

CLARKVILLE

NAME: Clarkville
COUNTY: McKinley
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 1
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Born and killed by the coal mine
REMAINS: Not Much

Unique in the history of ghost towns is the coal-mining town of Clarkville. It never had a saloon. Although the town no longer exists, it was reported to be a pretty little place with comfortably built homes, a two-storied commissary amply stocked with goods, a school building, the Clarkville Free Library, a hospital and a complete electrical plant. The population of the town numbered about four hundred in 1905. Soon after, however, the coal mine pinched out and the town soon acquired ghost town status. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth. CLARKVILLE. Shown on 1920 map as bing 5 mi NW Gallup. It is assumed that the present site known as Coal Basin. Post office 1898 / 1908. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

Unique in the history of ghost towns is the coal-mining town of Clarkville. It never had a saloon. Although the town no longer exists, it was reported to be a pretty little place with comfortably built homes, a two-storied commissary amply stocked with goods, a school building, the Clarkville Free Library, a hospital and a complete electrical plant. The population of the town numbered about four hundred in 1905. Soon after, however, the coal mine pinched out and the town soon acquired ghost town status. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

CLARKVILLE. Shown on 1920 map as bing 5 mi NW Gallup. It is assumed that the present site known as Coal Basin. Post office 1898 / 1908. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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