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:
“‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads;”
—Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
“I know this well, that if one thousand, if one hundred, if ten men whom I could name,—if ten honest men only,—ay, if one HONEST man, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)