Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Clinton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Clinton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Clinton is located in Lenawee County.
To see how the shape of Michigan's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lenawee County: Hillsdale, Jackson, Monroe, Washtenaw, Fulton (OH) & Lucas (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Clinton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clinton:
- Lenawee County (The home county of Clinton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Tecumseh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Holloway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Britton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adrian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cambridge Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cambridge Junction is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Junction
- Onsted
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Friendly Village of Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wellsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wellsville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
- Palmyra
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Palmyra is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmyra
- Hillsdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Somerset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Somerset Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Somerset Center is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Center
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Corners is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corners
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pittsford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prattville is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
- North Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Ingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Stockbridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Ingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Norvell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Fishville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fishville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
- Brooklyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Napoleon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grass Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leoni
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leoni is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoni
- Clarklake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Michigan Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trist
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trist is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trist
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Vandercook Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Vandercook Lake is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandercook Lake
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Chalkerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chalkerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkerville
- Chalkerville has also been known as:
- Chalkers Landing
- Hell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell
- Hell has also been known as:
- Hi Land Lake
- Highland Lake
- Hiland Lake
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hell <1>
- Kaiserville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kaiserville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
- Unadilla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Unadilla is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unadilla
- Pinckney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Gregory
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lakeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitmore Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pettysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Chubb's Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Chubb's Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubb's Corners
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Cone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Azalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Azalia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalia
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction
- Oakville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Diann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Diann is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diann
- Federman ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Federman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federman
- Berringer Corners ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berringer Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berringer Corners
- Lulu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lulu is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu
- Grape
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grape is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
- Washtenaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rowes Corner is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Corner
- Sharon Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Hollow is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Hollow
- Saline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Pittsfield has also been known as:
- Pittsfield Village
- Chelsea
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Dexter
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ann Arbor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whittaker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Whittaker is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker
- Delhi Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi Mills is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi Mills
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sheldon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sheldon is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- New Boston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willow is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Metamora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whiteville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whiteville is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
- Denson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Denson is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denson
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Lyons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Assumption
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Siney is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Oakshade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakshade is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakshade
- Ritters ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ritters is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Advance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Advance is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Ai
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ai is located in Fulton County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Lucas County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Berkey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Sylvania
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Industry ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Industry is located in Lucas County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Industry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clinton, see our County-by-County Page for Clinton.
Cemeteries Near Clinton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clinton.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Clinton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clinton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Old East Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gadd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wisner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aten Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shellenberger Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Macon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Macon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Benton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Clinton had a population of 960 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Clinton had a population of 2,287 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clinton, with the one closest to Clinton listed first.
- Newburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Newburg is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- River Raisin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- River Raisin is located in Washtenaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Raisin
- Tecumseh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Bridgewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raisin Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Raisin Center is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin Center
- Holloway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holloway is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Britton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Lenawee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cone is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone
- Saline
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onsted
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clinton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clinton.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Clinton ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clinton.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Clinton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Clinton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Clinton.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4> of Clinton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Clinton:
- Websites specific to Michigan
- Pages specific to Lenawee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsdale County
- Ingham County
- Jackson County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Washtenaw County
- Wayne County
- Fulton County
- Lucas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Michigan
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Clinton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clinton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |