Editing Clarks, Nebraska

{{About|the village in [[Nebraska]]||Clarks (disambiguation){{!}}Clarks}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Clarks, Nebraska
| settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| nickname                 = 
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| image_caption            = Downtown Clarks: Green Street, seen from across [[U.S. Highway 30]]
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| map_caption              = Location in Merrick County and the state of Nebraska
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Nebraska]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Nebraska|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Merrick County, Nebraska|Merrick]]
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Nebraska|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_31.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 0.81
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| area_land_sq_mi          = 0.31
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US3109165&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Clarks village, Nebraska: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref>
| population_total         = 344
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| population_density_km2   = 423.24
| population_density_sq_mi = 1095.54

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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 1621
| coordinates              = {{coord|41|12|59|N|97|50|22|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 68628
| area_code                = [[Area code 308|308]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 31-09165<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2397631<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397631}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|villageofclarks.com}}
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'''Clarks''' is a village in [[Merrick County, Nebraska|Merrick County]], [[Nebraska]], United States. The population was 344 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3109165 |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> It is part of the [[Grand Island, Nebraska]] [[Grand Island micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Clarks was [[plat]]ted in 1866 when the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/merrick/clarks/ | title=Clarks, Merrick County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA129 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=129}}</ref> It is named for Silas Henry H. Clark, superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n32 83]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Federal Writers' Project|author-link=Federal Writers' Project|title=Origin of Nebraska place names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3625056;view=1up;seq=14|year=1938|publisher=Works Progress Administration|location=Lincoln, NE|page=8}}</ref>

==Geography==
Clarks is in northeastern Merrick County, mostly on the northwest side of [[U.S. Route 30]], which leads southwest {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Central City, Nebraska|Central City]], the [[county seat]], and northeast the same distance to [[Silver Creek, Nebraska|Silver Creek]]. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the village of Clarks has a total area of {{convert|0.31|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> The [[Platte River]] flows by less than {{convert|2|mi|0}} southeast of the village.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 554
|1910= 605
|1920= 540
|1930= 540
|1940= 454
|1950= 464
|1960= 439
|1970= 480
|1980= 445
|1990= 379
|2000= 361
|2010= 369
|2020= 344
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 369 people, 145 households, and 105 families in the village. The population density was {{convert|1190.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 167 housing units at an average density of {{convert|538.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makup]] of the village was 94.9% White, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 1.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1%.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>

Of the 145 households 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.6% were non-families. 23.4% of households were one person and 12.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.03.

The median age in the village was 39.2 years. 28.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.2% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.7% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.2% male and 52.8% female.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 361 people, 157 households, and 102 families in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,164.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 179 housing units at an average density of {{convert|577.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makup]] of the village was 98.06% White, 0.83% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.22%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 157 households 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 31.8% of households were one person and 21.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.88.

The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $29,583, and the median family income was $40,625. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $25,313 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,742. About 12.8% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 16.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Clarks Public School was a K-12 school until it consolidated with the Polk, Hordville, and Marquette school systems in 2000.

==Notable people==
* [[Arnold Oehlrich]], football player
* [[Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur)|Evan Williams]], co-founder of [[Twitter]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|villageofclarks.com}}

{{Merrick County, Nebraska}}

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[[Category:Villages in Merrick County, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Villages in Nebraska]]
[[Category:Grand Island micropolitan area]]