this project was last updated on Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Clinton County, Iowa

Clinton Township

 

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(Tuesday, 26 August 2008)

State Historical Society of Iowa

Clinton County Archives

 

 

Biography of Clinton

(Established 1856; previously part of Lyons and Camanche)

 

Towns

Beaver Island

 

Mississippi River, E 1/2 in city of Clinton, W 1/2 in Camanche Township

Chancy

25 Jul 1878 - 23 Aug 1894

Formerly McClure

Clinton

24 Dec 1855 - Current

Formerly New York. Became County seat 1869.

Lyons

06 Dec 1839 - 13 Jan 1913

Annexed to Clinton 1894

McClure

14 May 1884 - 24 Jun 1884

Renamed Chancy

New York

 

First name of Clinton

Ringwood

 

260 acres between Lyons and Clinton

Riverside

 

Later called Chancy

 

 

 

City of Clinton

Street Name Changes

Castle Terrace Historic District

Clinton County Courthouse

Clinton High School and Clinton History

Catholic Churches

The Lincoln Highway


City of Lyons, circa 1868

 

 

 

 

 

Peggy Kelly, County Coordinator
 

 

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