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==History== Clarkfield was [[plat]]ted in 1884, and named for one Mr. Clark, a railroad agent.<ref name="Upham 594">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n611 594]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Clarkfield since 1884.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Yellow+Medicine |title=Yellow Medicine County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=16 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227111912/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Yellow+Medicine |archivedate=27 February 2015 }}</ref> Clarkfield was incorporated in 1887.<ref name="Upham 594" />
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