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Welcome to Clinton ...Although we found mention of Clinton during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Clinton was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists.. We've added Clinton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Clinton, please Contact Us. The location of Clinton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Clinton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819. When the people of Clinton refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Clintonian<3> Clinton is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where we believe that Clinton might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time We believe that Clinton would be found within the (336) area code. Websites for Clinton ...Chamber of Commerce: www.daviecounty.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Clinton, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Clinton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Clinton: This one is located in Davie County and the other is located in Sampson County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 59 communities that are also named Clinton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (3), New York (2), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clinton. Communities near Clinton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clinton.
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 Clinton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clinton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clinton. 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 Clinton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clinton. See our Newspapers Page for Clinton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clinton ...Looking for more information about Clinton? 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 Clinton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clinton. Adding Clinton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Clinton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Clinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Clinton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Davie County: www.co.davie.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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