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Both the village of Clinton and Clinton Township are named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, the governor of New York from 1817 to 1823.
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Clinton was incorporated as a village in 1838
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1854 - Clinton
Clinton, a post-village of Lenawee county, Michigan, is pleasantly situated on the Raisin river, and on the Chicago road, 15 miles N. by E. from Adrian, the county seat ; is well supplied with water-power, and is surrounded by a fertile tract of land. It contains several stores and mills, and about 500 inhabitants.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Clinton
Clinton, a post-village of Lenawee co., Mich., is on Raisin River, in Clinton township, and on the Jackson Branch of the Michigan Southern Railroad, 28 miles E.S.E. of Jackson, and 18 miles N. by E. from Adrian. It has Water-power, a bank, a union school, 5 churches, a woollen mill, a foundry, a flour-mill, 2 carriage-shops, and a sash and blind-factory. Pop. 960; of the township, 1490.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Clinton, a banking post-village of Lenawee co., Mich., is on the Raisin River, and on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R., 15 miles N. of Adrian. It has a woollen-mill, foundry, carriage-shops, etc. Pop. in 1900, 1038.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Alice Elizabeth HALLADAY (7 May 1876, Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA - 12 February 1971, Dearborn, Michigan, USA)
John V HETTINGER (21 January 1877, Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA - , )Jennie RICKERSON (4/11/1880, Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA - 1969, Adrian, Michigan, USA)Ancestors Who Were Married in Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
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Edward James SHANNON (February 15 1886 - 26 April 1971) and Myrtle CRONK (22 December 1882 - April 17 1922) married 19 July 1920
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