Clarkson, Eastern Cape

Clarkson
Clarkson  Clarkson shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Kou-Kamma
Established	{{#property:P571}}
Area
• Total	2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,824
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	40.3%
• Coloured	58.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	63.3%
• Xhosa	33.3%
• Sotho	1.4%
• English	1.2%
• Other	0.9%
PO box	6302
Area code	042

Clarkson is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Moravian Mission village in the former Humansdorp district, 26 km south-east of Assegaaibos station and 60 km west of Humansdorp. It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson who helped abolish the slave-trade.