A history of Clinton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Clinton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Part of Coxe's Patent, 6th division, Clinton began in March 1787 when Revolutionary War veterans from Plymouth, Connecticut, settled in Clinton. Pioneer Moses Foote brought seven other families with him to the area. The new inhabitants found good soil, plentiful forests, and friendly ((friendly what?)) in southern Kirkland along with Oneida people, who passed through on trail.
Named after New York's first governor, George Clinton, fourth Vice President of the United States and an uncle of Erie Canal builder and New York governor DeWitt Clinton, the village had a gristmill on the Oriskany Creek on College Street the first year and slowly developed as a farming and mercantile center.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Clinton’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHiram Huntington Kellogg, 1860: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Clinton
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Clinton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Clinton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clinton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clinton Village Historic District in Kirkland, 0.2 miles away.
Clinton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hiram Huntington Kellogg (1860) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.