Welcome to Clintonville ...

Clintonville is located in Bourbon County<1>.

The location of Clintonville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clintonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

Clintonville is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Clintonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Clintonville and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Clintonville lies within the (859) area code.

Communities Also Named Clintonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Clintonville - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York (3), Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clintonville.

Communities near Clintonville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clintonville.

• Lexington - Fayette
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
  • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
• Georgetown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Georgetown is located in Scott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
• Winchester
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
  • Winchester is located in Clark County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,659 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <4>
• Paris
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris is located in Bourbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <4>
• Mount Sterling
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
  • Mount Sterling is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Sterling <4>
• Millersburg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
  • Millersburg is located in Bourbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersburg <4>
• North Middletown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
  • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
• Stony Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Stony Point is located in Bourbon County
• Muir
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muir
  • Muir is located in Fayette County
• Columbus
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Columbus is located in Fayette County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Clintonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clintonville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clintonville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clintonville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clintonville. See our Newspapers Page for Clintonville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clintonville ...

Looking for more information about Clintonville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Clintonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clintonville.

Adding Clintonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clintonville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Clintonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Clintonville post office opened in 1828.

We also found Clintonville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clintonville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clintonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/