Fort Clarke

Fort Clarke is a Florida historical marker in Gainesville, Alachua County, dedicated 1972.

W. of city on S.R. 26, on grounds of Ft. Clark Chu, Gainesville

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Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. Army post during the Seminole War, and afterwards a settlement. The name is preserved in nearby Fort Clarke Church. At this site crossed the early settlement and military road connecting the old county seats at Newnansville (near present-day Alachua) and Spring Grove with Micanopy. Fort Clarke was named for a U.S. Army officer.

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1868 · Colton's Florida (1868) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Johnson's Florida (1870) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Arredondo, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1892 · Arredondo, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1894 · Arredondo, Florida (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Arredondo, Florida, 1890, covering the location of Fort Clarke, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Arredondo, Florida, 1890, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

Fort Clarke

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