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Welcome to Clinton ...

So far, we found very little information about Clinton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Clinton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Clinton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Clinton, please Contact Us.


Clinton was located

While we don't have the exact location of Clinton , we believe that it would have been located within present day DeWitt County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clinton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

When the people of Clinton referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Clintonian<3>

Time Zone: The area where Clinton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Clinton would have been located in the (361) area code.

Communities Also Named Clinton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Clinton: This one is located in DeWitt County and the other is located in Hunt County.

Beyond Texas, 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), North Carolina (2), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Clinton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clinton 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 Clinton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clinton post office opened in 1849.

We also found Clinton in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clinton.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including DeWitt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Clinton refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Clinton may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>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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