This is a list of places in the United States named for DeWitt Clinton. His role in the construction of the Erie Canal created accessible Eastern seaboard markets for Midwestern agriculture and he was widely admired by settlers, especially those hailing from New York.
Some of these places may have been named for both DeWitt Clinton and his uncle George Clinton, an important figure in the founding of the United States.
Counties and municipalities Clinton County, IllinoisAllan H. Keith, Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL. Consulted on August 15, 2007. Clinton County, Indiana Clinton County, Iowa Clinton County, Kentucky Clinton County, Michigan Clinton County, Missouri Clinton County, Pennsylvania DeWitt County, Illinois Clinton Charter Township, Michigan Clinton Township, Lenawee County, Michigan Clinton Township, New Jersey City of Clinton, Arkansas City of Clinton, Indiana City of Clinton, Illinois City of Clinton, Iowa City of Clinton, Missouri City of Clinton, Mississippi Community of Clinton, Pennsylvania City of DeWitt, Arkansas City of DeWitt, Iowa Town of Clinton, Louisiana Town of Clinton, Massachusetts City of DeWitt, Michigan Town of Clinton, New Jersey Town of Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin Village of Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan Village of DeWitt, Illinois Village of Clinton, Kansas Village of Clinton, Wisconsin Village of Clintonville, KY Town of Clinton, Connecticut City of Port Clinton, Ohio Borough of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania Town of Clinton, Kentucky City of Clinton, Tennessee City of Clinton, Maryland Hamlet of Dewittville, New York
Streets and parks Clinton Avenue and Clinton Square in Albany, New York Clinton Avenue in Fair Haven, Connecticut Clinton St. in Chicago (which benefited greatly from the Erie Canal) Clinton St. in Fort Wayne, Indiana Clinton Square, Syracuse, New York Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Clinton Street, Manhattan DeWitt Clinton Park, Manhattan (located in the Clinton neighborhood) DeWitt's Dog Run, Manhattan (a dog run located within DeWitt Clinton Park) DeWitt Road, Webster, New York Clintonville Street, Whitestone, New York DeWitt Avenue East New York, Brooklyn DeWitt Avenue Mattoon, Illinois Clinton St. in Grand Mound, Iowa
Schools DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, New York City DeWitt Clinton School, Chicago, Illinois DeWitt Clinton Elementary School, Detroit, Michigan (which features a mural on American history painted by Diego Rivera) Clinton Hall, a graduate student dormitory at SUNY Buffalo DeWitt Road Elementary School, Webster, New York
Other Clinton, a neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan also known as Hell's Kitchen. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, New York Clinton House, Ithaca, New York (former hotel adjacent to the Ithaca Commons). Clinton River in Michigan Clinton String Quartet of Syracuse, New York DeWitt Clinton Lodge of Sandwich, Massachusetts DeWitt Clinton Masonic Lodge #141 Goochland, Virginia Former Dewitt Clinton Hotel (now Dewitt Clinton Apartments) in Albany, NY Governor DeWitt Clinton Houses, a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) development located in Harlem, Manhattan. Clinton Grove in Weare, NH and Clinton Grove Academy, also in Weare, NH. The Dewitt Clinton - Apartment building in Astoria, Queens, NYC built c. 1928
See also DeWitt Clinton was also the name of the first steam locomotive to operate in New York; it ran between Albany and Schenectady, New York.
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