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Welcome to Clintonville ...

Clintonville is located in Venango County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clintonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1840.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Clintonville has a population of 468 people<2> (see below for details).

Clintonville is 1,410 feet [430 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Clintonville had an population of 468 people. This is a decrease of 7.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 11.36% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Clintonville had a population of 508 people. This makes Clintonville the county's 8th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 508 people, the population of Clintonville decreased 3.79% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 528 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Clintonville.

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, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York (3), Ohio, 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.

  • Oil City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sugarcreek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sugarcreek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
    • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
  • Slippery Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mercer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Knox
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knox have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Knox is located in Clarion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <4>
  • Stoneboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chicora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chicora have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
    • Chicora is located in Butler County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chicora <4>
  • Harrisville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Parker is located in Armstrong County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parker <4>

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Clintonville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Clintonville post office opened in 1840.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clintonville.

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 Venango County: www.co.venango.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Venango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Clintonville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clintonville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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