Clarkson, NE

Clarkson is a city in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The 2020 census counted 641 residents. Clarkson was platted in 1886 when it was certain that a new railroad line extended to the site. Clarkson is located in northeast Nebraska, three miles west of the junction of Nebraska Highways 15 and 91. Clarkson Public Library. Clarkson Historical Museum. The short version is that Clarkson carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Clarkson: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Clarkson lies 35 miles southeast of Norfolk; 35 miles northeast of Columbus; 85 miles northwest of Omaha; and 90 miles northwest of Lincoln.