Clarksdale is a city in and the county seat of Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clarksdale had a population of 14,903. It is located along the Sunflower River and named after John Clark, a settler who founded the city in the mid-19th century when he established a timber mill and business. Clarksdale is in the Mississippi Delta region and is an agricultural and trading center. Many African American musicians developed the blues here and took this original American music with them to Chicago and other northern cities during the Great Migration.
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The Clarksdale Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County. It’s located in the Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. In 2023, the Clarksdale, Mississippi Micropolitan area was added to form the new Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area. The Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area has around 1.4 million people. The western boundary of the county is formed by the Mississippi River.
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Towns around Clarksdale
- Greenwood84 km SE
- Hernando87 km NE
- Horn Lake97 km NE
- Oxford98 km E
- Greenville99 km SW
- Southaven102 km NE
- Olive Branch109 km NE
- New South Memphis109 km NE
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