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- Counties and municipalities
- Streets and parks
- Schools
- Other
- See also
- References
{{Refimprove|date=August 2012}}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. Port Clinton, Ohio is also named after DeWitt Clinton Counties and municipalities- Clinton County, Illinois[1]
- Clinton County, Indiana
- Clinton County, Iowa
- Clinton County, Kentucky
- Clinton County, Michigan
- Clinton County, Missouri
- Clinton County, Pennsylvania
- DeWitt County, Illinois[2]
- Clinton Charter Township, Michigan
- Clinton Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
- 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, Wisconsin
- Village of Clintonville, KY
- Town of Clinton, Connecticut[3]
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
- 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 St East New York Brooklyn Short street connecting Bank St and the merge into Linden Blvd service road
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 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
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714044403/http://mastermason.com/va16district/141/ DeWitt Clinton Masonic Lodge #141 Goochland, Virginia]
- Former Dewitt Clinton Hotel (now Dewitt Clinton Apartments) in Albany, NY
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105844/http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/developments/manclinton.shtml Governor DeWitt Clinton Houses], a New York City Housing Authority [https://web.archive.org/web/20150525030524/http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha/html/home/home.shtml (NYCHA)] development located in Harlem, Manhattan.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120215180617/http://www.weare.nh.gov/history.htm Clinton Grove] in Weare, NH and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120215180617/http://www.weare.nh.gov/history.htm 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.
References1. ^ Allan H. Keith, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1gJ_RVeb5JYC&pg=PA2&dq=richard+bock+sculptor&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ngQRYGbj78gEH8yXNlEZrDnRlMU#PPA1,M1 Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL]. Consulted on August 15, 2007. 2. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=105}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.clinton350.org/history/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-06-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603210258/http://www.clinton350.org/history/ |archivedate=2013-06-03 |df= }}
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