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Clarksburg is a census-designated place in Yolo County, located on the Sacramento River in the extreme southeastern corner of the county at an elevation of just 10 feet.

The town was named for Robert C. Clark, who settled at the site in 1849, and postal authorities opened a post office there in 1876 under the original spelling "Clarksburgh" before changing it to Clarksburg in 1893.

Settlement in the Clarksburg area dates to the 1850s, when Merritt Island was first cleared and developed for agriculture, and the New Holland Land Company formally established Clarksburg as an unincorporated community in the 1920s.

Clarksburg had a population of 402 in the 2020 census, down from 418 in 2010.

The 2020 census counted 164 households in Clarksburg with an average household size of 2.45, and about 71% of its occupied homes were owner-occupied.

Clarksburg lends its name to the Clarksburg AVA, established on January 23, 1984 as the nation's 57th and California's 37th American Viticultural Area, covering 64,640 acres across Yolo, Sacramento and Solano counties with more than 10,000 acres of vineyards and about 17 wineries.

The Clarksburg wine region is especially known for Chenin Blanc and Petite Sirah, and Merritt Island forms a sub-appellation within the AVA.

Bogle Winery on Merritt Island has become the most famous of the Clarksburg appellation vintners, with its wines sold worldwide and served at the White House.

Clarksburg's 1930s-era Old Sugar Mill, which closed in 1988, has been reborn as a wine tasting and production center housing about a dozen winery tasting rooms.

Children in Clarksburg attend Delta Elementary Charter School, Clarksburg Middle School and Delta High School in the River Delta Unified School District; former NFL quarterback Tony Eason attended Delta High School.