Clearwater

Clearwater is on Farm Road 1448 twelve miles south of Mount Vernon in southern Franklin County. It was originally between Cypress Creek and Dry Cypress Creek, but the streams were altered by the impoundment of Lake Cypress Springs and Lake Bob Sandlin. Clearwater was named for the water in Cypress Creek. Anglo settlement in the area began in the 1860s, and a community was in existence by the early 1870s. In the 1930s the community had a sawmill, a gin, a store, a church, and a school. The population was estimated at twenty-five in 1933 and at fifty in 1945. In 1985 Clearwater had a church and cemetery and widely scattered houses.

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Cecil Harper, Jr. | © TSHA

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Belongs to

Clearwater is part of or belongs to the following places:

Currently Exists

No

Place type

Clearwater is classified as a Town

Location

Latitude: 32.99984390
Longitude: -95.20133030

Has Post Office

No

Is Incorporated

No