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Clinton was named in honor of Governor George Clinton when it was formed for part of Charlotte and Rhinebeck Precincts in 1786. It became a town in 1788 and was reduced in size on January 26, 1821, when Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley were formed from it.
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1854 - Clinton
Clinton, a township of Dutchess county, New York, 10 miles N. from Poughkeepsie. Population, 1795.
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.
1869 - The Shower Bath in State Prison.
A correspondent of one of the New York papers, who confesses to have been a convict in Clinton (N. Y.) State Prison, thus relates his experience in... Read MORE...
1869 - The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity have elected Chief Justice Chase and James Russell Lowell to deliver the oration and poem before their next convention,
which will be held in 1870, at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 3, 1869
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1877 - Clinton
POPULATION, 1,793. - SQUARE ACRES, 24,064.
CLINTON was organized March 13, 1786. It was formed from Charlotte and Rhinebeck Precincts, and derives ... Read MORE...
1879 - Madison University
In 1818, thirteen men gathered together, thirteen prayers were said, and thirteen dollars subscribed for the establishment of a place of learning for ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Clinton
Clinton, a township of Duchess co., N.Y. Pop. 1693.
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 township (town) of Dutchess co., N.Y. Pop. in 1900, 1370.
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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