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Welcome to Clinton Falls ...

Clinton Falls is located in Steele County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clinton Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Clinton Falls is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Clinton Falls lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Clinton Falls: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Clinton Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clinton Falls - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Clinton Falls ...

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

  • Owatonna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Faribault
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Waseca
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Rice Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rice Lake is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Waterville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kenyon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Morristown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • West Concord
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ellendale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Claremont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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 Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clinton Falls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clinton Falls. 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 Falls.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clinton Falls ...

Looking for more information about Clinton Falls? 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 Falls, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clinton Falls.

Adding Clinton Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clinton Falls 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 (so far) for Clinton Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Clinton Falls post office opened in 1857. The Clinton Falls post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clinton Falls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Steele, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clinton Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Clinton Falls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Clinton Falls area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/