Clinton (Oneida County, New York)
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 Location in Oneida County
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | new York |
| County : | Oneida County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 3 ′ N , 75 ° 23 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 1,942 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,213.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 184 m |
| Postal code : | 13323 |
| Area code : | +1 315 |
| FIPS : | 36-16419 |
| GNIS ID : | 946885 |
| Website : | village.clinton.ny.us |
Clinton is a town in Oneida County in the US state of New York with 1,942 inhabitants (2010 census). Clinton is named after the first Governor of New York and later Vice President of the United States, George Clinton .
The village of Clinton is home to, among other things, Hamilton College and is part of the city of Kirkland and is known as the village of schools because numerous private schools were located there in the 19th century.
history
The first settlement in modern times took place around 1787. The village was incorporated into Kirkland in 1843.
Personalities
- Clara Barton , founded the American Red Cross
- Stephen W. Brennan , US federal judge
- Jack Britton , world boxing champion
- Grover Cleveland , President of the United States, lived in Clinton for parts of his childhood and adolescence
- Ulysses S. Grant III , grandson of a United States Army Commander in Chief
- Charles S. Hastings , physicist
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters , German-American astronomer who discovered 48 asteroids in the Litchfield Observatory at Hamilton College
- Elihu Root , US Secretary of State, 1912 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate