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9 unusual facts about Clinton County


Adam C. Stacey

He is an elected member of the Clinton County Board of Commissioners representing the 7th District, which are the communities of Bath Charter Township, Victor Township and Olive Township.

Charles Jewtraw

Charles Jewtraw (5 May 1900 in Clinton County, New York – 26 January 1996 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American speed skater, best known for being first recipient of a gold medal at the first Winter Olympics.

Clinton County, Illinois

The Illinois General Assembly set aside $20,000 for bridge restoration in 1951 and in 1953 the bridge was named after William F. Dean.

Clinton County, Pennsylvania

In 2006, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. received 54% of its vote when he unseated incumbent Republican US Senator Rick Santorum and Ed Rendell received 56% of the vote against Lynn Swann.

Leroy J. Manor

Born in Morrisonville, New York, on February 21, 1921, Manor graduated in 1937 from Cadyville High School, in Clinton County, New York, and then received his Teacher’s Certificate from New York State Normal School in 1940.

Robert L. Denig

Robert Livingston Denig was born on September 29, 1884 as a son of navy officer, Commodore Robert G. Denig and his wife Jane (néé Jane Livingston Hubbard) in Clinton, New York.

Stanley Girard Schlarman

After serving as chaplain to a local Catholic hospital, he became a pastor in St. Rose Township and later in Cairo.

Stanton, New Jersey

Logan Way in Readington is named after him, as well as Logan Circle and the Logan neighborhood in Philadelphia and Logan Township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.

West Branch Area Junior/Senior High School

The high school serves students from most of north eastern Clearfield County, and West Keating Township in Clinton County.


Brandt Hershman

He currently serves as the Majority Whip and represents Senate District 7, which includes parts of White, Tippecanoe, Jasper, Clinton, Carroll and Howard Counties.

Fair Play Men

The traditional site for the declaration was beneath the "Tiadaghton Elm" tree, which stood until the 1970s in what is now Clinton County, Pennsylvania.

Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House

The food pantry is in LBDNH's four county area and serves residents of St. Clair County, Monroe County, Madison County, and Clinton County.

Lyon Mountain Mountain Fire Observation Station

It was established in April 1910 without a fire tower, as the summit of Lyon Mountain was bare at that time.

McCann brothers

The elder Arthur and his brother, Thomas, came to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1811, shortly after it was founded in 1810.

Port Kent and Hopkinton Turnpike

It continued eastward from modern NY 3 on Alder Brook Park and Brook Roads to the hamlet of Union Falls, situated near the Franklin–Clinton county line.

Sinnemahoning Path

On February 09, 1950, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission dedicated three state historic markers noting the historic importance of the Sinnemahoning Path, with two in Cameron County and one in Clinton County.

Taylor Pond Wild Forest

The tract covers portions of 13 towns in three counties in the region around Taylor Pond, Silver Lake and Union Falls flow, in the town of Franklin in Franklin County and the town of Black Brook in Clinton County.

United States presidential election in New York, 1928

In 1928, Smith came within 2 points of winning the state by sweeping all 5 boroughs of heavily populated New York City, winning the state capital of Albany and Albany County along with neighboring Rensselaer County, and winning two counties in northern New York along the Saint Lawrence River, Clinton County and Franklin County.


see also

Ankeny

Ankeny Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa

Clinton County Courthouse

Clinton County Courthouse Complex, in Plattsburgh, New York, listed on the NRHP in Clinton County, New York

Clinton High School

Clinton County High School in Albany, Kentucky, serving all of Clinton County

Kirklin, Indiana

Nathan Kirk, the first white settler in eastern Clinton County, laid out the town of Kirklin in the early 1830s, the original plat consisting a row of seven blocks on either side of the Michigan Road (Main Street).

Taylor Pond Wild Forest

Other parts of the Wild Forest are in the towns of Ausable, Peru, and Saranac in Clinton County, and the towns of Chesterfield, Elizabethtown, Essex, Jay, Lewis, St. Armand, Westport and Willsboro in Essex County.

Turney

Turney, Missouri, village in Clinton County, Missouri, United States