Clarksville School, Milford Township

The Clarksville School was District #3 in Milford Township, located in Section 5 at the intersection of the Defiance-Williams County Line and the Hicksville-Edgerton Road.

Clarksville, Milford Township  - 1866 plat map

The school was at the site of the now extinct town of Clarksville, established in about 1835 when the town was officially surveyed by Miller Arrowsmith and then platted.  The very first school there was held in 1837 with John Sawyer as the teacher, but the first school building was not erected until 1840, according to Ohio Ghost Towns, Book #10. The school closed in about 1932.