History · Clinton
Clinton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Clinton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
4old images & papers
2recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area was settled before 1820, near the community of Frontier. The town was set apart from the town of Ellenburg in 1845.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1885Clinton, N.YLOC
1910s3 items · Hamilton CollegeLOC
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clinton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewClinton, N.Y, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Clinton, decade by decade
1880s1 item
1920s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Clinton, N.Y (1885) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.