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"CLARKS" is a plural of: clark. |
Date "CLARKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
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Clarks is the name of a number of places in the United States:There is also:
- Clarks, Louisiana
- Clarks, Nebraska
Clarks is also the name of a British shoe store.
- Clarks Hill, Indiana
- Clarks Hill, South Carolina
- Clarks Green, Pennsylvania
- Clarks Grove, Minnesota
- Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Clarks."
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Clarks is a village located in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,071.Geography
Clarks is located at 32°1'35" North, 92°8'22" West (32.026445, -92.139516)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,071 people, 246 households, and 160 families residing in the village. The population density is 430.7/km² (1,112.7/mi²). There are 270 housing units at an average density of 108.6/km² (280.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 48.74% White, 47.90% African American, 1.21% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.40% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. 2.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 246 households out of which 29.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% are married couples living together, 12.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% are non-families. 30.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.39 and the average family size is 2.98. In the village the population is spread out with 14.0% under the age of 18, 21.8% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 31 years. For every 100 females there are 200.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 225.4 males. The median income for a household in the village is $19,583, and the median income for a family is $27,083. Males have a median income of $22,500 versus $18,438 for females. The per capita income for the village is $7,039. 27.1% of the population and 19.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 26.9% are under the age of 18 and 38.2% are 65 or older.
- See also: other Clarks
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Clarks, Louisiana."
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Clarks is a village located in Merrick County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 361.Geography
Clarks is located at 41°13'1" North, 97°50'20" West (41.216880, -97.838803)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 361 people, 157 households, and 102 families residing in the village. The population density is 449.6/km² (1,164.3/mi²). There are 179 housing units at an average density of 222.9/km² (577.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.06% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.83% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. 2.22% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 157 households out of which 26.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% are married couples living together, 3.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% are non-families. 31.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.88. In the village the population is spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 81.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.2 males. The median income for a household in the village is $29,583, and the median income for a family is $40,625. Males have a median income of $26,875 versus $25,313 for females. The per capita income for the village is $15,742. 16.7% of the population and 12.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.9% are under the age of 18 and 16.3% are 65 or older.
- See also: other Clarks
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Clarks, Nebraska."
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 | Clarks Point and Fort Taber Park, New Bedford. The wastewater treatment plant. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Fort Rodman at Clarks Point. This fort existed from the Civil War through the 1960s. A wastewater treatment plant, as part of the remedial activities to clean New Bedford Harbor, was placed at the site, after clean-up was completed, the facility was removed and a park was created. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Fort Robbins, the southern end of Clarks Point. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Sewage treatment plant settling tank at the southern tip of Clarks Point. The facility is now gone. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The sewage treatment plant at the southern tip of Clarks Point, now gone. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Clarks Fork River. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Person looking into a lava tube opening with ferns growing inside at Clarks Butte Wilderness Study Area. OR 3-120. Credit: Conrad. |  | Lava tube ferns growing in opening at Clarks Butte Wilderness Study Area. OR 3-120. Credit: Conrad. |
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| "Lichens 1" by Brian Corll Commentary: "Lichens at Clarks Creek, PA." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "CLARKS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.98% of the time. "CLARKS" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 60.98% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (plural) | 34.15% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.88% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 41 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CLARKS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Clarks | Last name | 170 | 52,422 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Clarks, LA (village, FIPS 15780) 2. Clarks, NE (village, FIPS 9165) |
Expressions using "CLARKS": Clarks Green ♦ Clarks Grove ♦ Clarks Hill ♦ Clarks Mills ♦ Clarks Point ♦ Clarks Summit. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Misspellings | |
"CLARKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clarkess, Claros. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: calks, carks, carls, lacks, larks, racks, slack. | |
-2 letters: arcs, arks, calk, cark, carl, cars, cask, lack, lacs, lark, lars, rack, sack, sark, scar. | |
-3 letters: als, arc, ark, ars, ask, car, kas, lac, lar, las, ras, sac, sal, ska. | |
-4 letters: al, ar, as, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-k-l-r-s" | |
+1 letter: calkers, lackers, slacker. | |
+2 letters: armlocks, cacklers, caulkers, clackers, clarkias, crackles, crankles, earlocks, grackles, hacklers, lavrocks, lockrams, oarlocks, rackfuls, shackler, slackers, tacklers, warlocks. | |
+3 letters: baldricks, charlocks, cornstalk, cracknels, crosstalk, crosswalk, hairlocks, jackrolls, laceworks, laverocks, mackerels, retackles, rockfalls, rollbacks, shacklers, trackless. | |
+4 letters: backlasher, backslider, blackbirds, blackeners, blockaders, cloakrooms, cornflakes, cornstalks, crackliest, cracklings, crosstalks, crosswalks, dreadlocks, flackeries, kiloparsec, lackluster, parbuckles, ramshackle, roadblocks, salesclerk, saucerlike, silverback, superflack, trackballs, truckloads, ultraslick, workplaces. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4C 41 52 4B 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- .-. -.- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001100 01000001 01010010 01001011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C L A R K S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004C 0041 0052 004B 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374635524553 |
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