Last Train to Clarksville Clarkdale. We were throwing out names, and when we got to Clarkdale, we thought Clarksville sounded even better. We didn't know it at the time, [but] there is an Army base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee — which would have fit the bill fine for the storyline. We couldn't be too direct with The Monkees. We couldn't really make a protest song out of it — we kind of snuck it in". Although "Clarksville", a common U.S. place name, is in the song title, the video accompanying the song on the Monkees' TV show showed a sign pointing to
Clarksville, Mississippi grave markers from as recent at 1988, indicating that the cemetery continued to be used long after Clarksville ceased to exist. Access to the former settlement is by Fort Adams Main Street, a dirt road which runs south from Fort Adams, then east along the north bank of Clark Creek. Several cottages and hunting lodges are located nearby, though nothing remains of Clarksville. Clarksville, Mississippi Clarksville is a ghost town in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. Located directly on the Mississippi River approximately south of Fort Adams, Clarksville was one of the earliest non-Native settlements in Mississippi, and was considered