Clarke County

Clarke County may refer to:

Places
  • One of five counties in the United States:
    • Clarke County, Alabama
    • Clarke County, Georgia
    • Clarke County, Iowa
    • Clarke County, Mississippi
    • Clarke County, Virginia
  • Clarke County, New South Wales, in Australia

Clarke County was also the official name of Clark County, Washington from 1849 until 1925, when the spelling was changed.

Ships
  • USS Clarke County (LST-601), a United States Navy tank landing ship in commission as USS LST-601 from 1944 to 1955 and as USS Clarke County in 1955 and during the late 1960s

Famous quotes containing the words clarke and/or county:

    ““Wherever there’s Kellys there’s trouble,” said Burke,
    “Wherever fighting’s the game,
    Or a spice of danger in grown man’s work,”
    Said Kelly, “you’ll find my name.”
    —Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)

    “But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)