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Clintonia’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Clintonia Township is one of thirteen townships in DeWitt County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,315 and it contained 3,543 housing units. Clintonia Township changed its name from Clinton Township June 7, 1859.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 7,832 to 7,315 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1953.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clintonia yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Clintonia

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Britt LowerBritt LowerHeyworth · 9 miBrenda ChapmanBrenda ChapmanBeason · 12 miCMCarl Shipp MarvelWaynesville · 8 miThomas W. EwingThomas W. EwingAtlanta · 14 miCACharles Christopher AdamsClinton · 2 miGene VanceGene VanceClinton · 2 mi
By decade

Clintonia, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Clintonia is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clintonia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is C. H. Moore House in Clinton, 1.5 miles away.

Clintonia and the nearest listed places

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C. H. Moore HouseMagill HouseAtlanta Public LibraryDowney BuildingHawes, J. H., ElevatorLeRoy Commercial Historic District

Closest to Clintonia

C. H. Moore HouseClinton · Building1.5miMagill HouseClinton · Building1.9miAtlanta Public LibraryAtlanta · Building14.8miDowney BuildingAtlanta · Building14.8miHawes, J. H., ElevatorAtlanta · Structure15mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. C. H. Moore House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Clintonia?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Clintonia’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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