Clinton, Iowa

Clinton
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Location in Iowa
Basic data
Foundation :	; Renamed as Lyons in 1835 to Clinton in 1855
State :	United States
State :	Iowa
County :	Clinton County
Coordinates :	41 ° 51 ′ N , 90 ° 12 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′ N , 90 ° 12 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	26,885 (as of 2010)
Population density :	291.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	99.2 km 2 (approx. 38 mi 2 ) of; which 92.1 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	182 m
Postcodes :	52700-52799
Area code :	+1 563
FIPS :	19-14430
GNIS ID :	0455480
Website :	www.ci.clinton.ia.us
Mayor :	Mark Vulich

Clinton is a town in the east of the US -amerikanischen State of Iowa and the administrative seat of Clinton County in Mississippi . In 2010 the city had 26,885 inhabitants. Together with DeWitt - which is also in Clinton County - the city has been named after DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), the 7th governor of New York . Clinton is the leading city in the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical Area .

history

Among the first European settlers who came to the area around what is now Clinton, it was Elijah Buell who built a log house and on July 25, 1835 founded Lyons , named after the French city .

Clinton was planned as New York by Joseph Bartlett in 1836 .

In March 1837 Noble and Sarah Gregory Perrin bought 136 acres (55 hectares ) of land that is now the city of Clinton. The family lived in a hut that stands on a spot at the foot of what is now the railway bridge. The eldest daughter of the family, Valerie, married Dr. Augustus Lafayette Ankeny , who took part in the Black Hawk War and came to Lyons in 1850. By Mary Perrin , the first child of European descent born in Clinton on September 26 1837th In 1839, like most of the early river towns, the town consisted of just a row of scattered huts, two shops and an inn. In 1855 the Chicago, Iowa, Nebraska Railroad announced that a river crossing would be built at Little Rock Island , in close proximity to Bartlett's settlement. The Iowa Land Company organized the purchase of Bartlett's land and on July 4, 1855 renamed the settlement on it in honor of the governor of New York in Clinton.

On November 10, 1855, a cadastre of Clinton was created for the first time , on the basis of which a land map was created. In June 1859, the railroad to Cedar Rapids , Iowa was completed. The first train, coming from the Illinois shore, crossed Little Rock Island at noon on January 9, 1860 and crossed over to the Iowa shore. In January 1864, construction began on a bridge from the Iowa shore to Little Rock Island , which was completed on January 6, 1865. The originally single-track railway bridge was replaced by a double-track one in 1909. The first road bridge from Lyons to Fulton , Illinois was built in 1891 and replaced with the current structure in 1975.

The first public school was set up in a log house next to the mill, which was built in the winter of 1855–56.

From the 1850s to 1900, the cities of Lyons and Clinton quickly became centers of the timber industry, and people spoke of the Lumber Capital of the World . Huge rafts of wood came from Wisconsin and Minnesota to be made into lumber in Clinton and Lyons. From there they were shipped to the growing cities or transported by rail. Companies such as WJ Young , Chancy Lamb , Curtis Bros. & Co. , David Joyce and Friedrich Weyerhäuser soon became the largest in the country. In the 1880s and 1890s, Clinton boasted 13 millionaires - more than any other city in the United States - among its residents. The most elaborate party ever celebrated in Clinton was Emma Lamb's debutante ball and the 20th wedding anniversary of her parents, Artemus and Henrietta Sabrina Smith Lamb, in October 1885. Another wood magnate, FC Weyerhauser, and several hundred other guests took part .

This time ended around 1900, as the forests in the north were largely cut down. The sawmills closed, but the railroad and river provided good transport links in all directions, so factories and heavy industry settled. The town continued to boast numerous ornate Victorian mansions, including the Curtis family home that now houses the Clinton Woman's Club .

The first road bridge between Lyons and Fulton was built in 1891 and replaced by the Mark N. Norris Bridge in 1975 . Clinton's second road bridge, the Clinton High Bridge , was completed in 1892 and replaced by the Gateway Bridge in 1956 .

The American Protective Association , an anti- Catholic organization, was founded on March 13, 1887 by attorney Henry Francis Bowers in Clinton.

In 1941, the Clinton High School team, under their coach Howard Judd, won the first (of a total of eleven) Iowa swimming championship titles . Between 1954 and 1958, five consecutive championships followed. In addition to the successes of athletes from Clinton, they won the Iowa Basketball Championship in 1953 and the Clinton Giants won the Midwest League Baseball Championship in 1991 .

On April 27, 1951 the water level of the Mississippi reached 6.30 m, on April 26, 1952 6.40 m. All this was just a foretaste of April 28, 1965 with the record level of 7.57 m.

In 2005, Clinton was added to the list of Iowa Great Places, along with Coon Rapids and Sioux City . This brought the city a $ 1 million grant from the State of Iowa Culture and Landscaping budget to beautify its buildings along the riverbank.

economy

The largest employers in Clinton are:

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), food company that emerged from a milling company ( http://www.admworld.com) /
Ashford University , private university ( http://www.ashford.edu) /
Bemis Clysar, packaging manufacturer ( http://www.bemis.com) /
DairyPak, packaging manufacturer , subsidiary of Evergreen Packaging Company ( http://www.evergreenpackaging.com) /
DM Services Inc., subsidiary of Swiss Colony , a mail order company for cheese specialties and confectionery ( http://www.swisscolony.com) /
Collis Inc. ( http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/company.cfm?company=713202 )
Custom Pak, Inc, Plastic Castings Manufacturer ( http://www.custom-pak.com) /
Data Dimensions, service provider and system house ( http://www.datadimensions.com) /
Lamson & Sessions, manufacturer of plumbing and electrical goods ( http://www.lamson-sessions.com) /
Lyondell Chemical Company , subsidiary of the chemical company ( http://www.lyondell.com) /
Medical Associates, Hospital ( http://www.maclinton.com) /
Mercy Medical Center, Hospital ( http://www.mercyclinton.com) /
Nestlé-Purina, manufacturer of pet food, part of the Nestlé Group ( http://www.purina.com) /
Rock-Tenn Company, manufacturer of paper and packaging materials ( http://www.rocktenn.com) /
Sethness Products Company, food company ( http://www.sethness.com) /

Parks and recreational facilities

Clinton has many parks . The best known are Eagle Point Park and Riverview Park . The Bickelhaupt Arboretum is a non-profit arboretum with one of the largest collections of dwarf conifers in North America.

Culture and sport

Ashford University (formerly The Franciscan University and Mount St. Clare College ( http://www.ashford.edu)) /
Clinton Community College ( http://www.eicc.edu/general/clinton )
Clinton LumberKings , baseball team , farm team of the Seattle Mariners in the minor league baseball ( http://www.lumberkings.com) /
Clinton Art Association ( http://www.clintonarts.com) /
Clinton Area Showboat Theater ( http://www.clintonshowboat.org) /
Clinton Historical Society Museum ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacchs/index.htm )
Clinton Symphony Orchestra ( http://www.clintonsymphony.org) /
Contemporary ballet ( http://www.gatewayballet.org) /

architecture

Clinton County Courthouse

The Clinton Public Library

The Van Allen Building , listed on the National Historic Landmarks , was constructed by architect Louis Sullivan in 1914.

The following buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places :

Clinton County Courthouse , built 1892–1897 by architects Stanley Mansfield and Josiah Rice in neo-Romanesque style. The outer walls are made of red sandstone and granite. The tower roof, made of copper , has been covered with a green patina over time. Well-known architect Claire Allen from Jackson, Michigan also worked on the building.

Clinton Public Library , funded by Andrew Carnegie and 1903/04 according to a design by the Chicago architectural firm Patton & Miller in neoclassical built style.

Lafayette Lamb Home ( YMCA ), built by architect WW Sanborn in 1877 and rebuilt in 1906. The house was originally built in the Empire style, during the "modernization" in 1906 it was converted into a style that is heavily based on Georgian architecture .

City National Bank (First National Bank), designed by John Morrell & Son in neoclassical style and built in 1912/13

Howes Building , built in 1900 for Edward Madison Howes by architect Josiah Rice in neo -Renaissance style

Ankeny Building , built in 1930 based on a design by the Chicago architect Harold Holmes in the Art Deco style.

Moeszinger-Marquis (Armstrong) Building designed and erected by Josiah Rice and in 1891 by William Bentley for the Clinton Produce Company . In 1907 the Baldwin Bros. company acquired the building for its own hardware wholesaling business, followed by the Moeszinger-Marquis Hardware Company in 1912 . RW Armstrong bought the building in 1941 .

George M. Curtis Mansion (Women's Club), built in Queen Anne style in 1883/84

Castle Terrace Historic District , originally created in 1892 to show off the Curtis Company's products and technology to city planners, architects and builders . Architecturally, the replica of the Tudor style dominates .

Cherry Bank , built in 1870/71

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	6129	-
1880	9052	47.7%
1890	13,619	50.5%
1900	22,698	66.7%
1910	25,577	12.7%
1920	24,151	-5.6%
1930	25,726	6.5%
1940	26,270	2.1%
1950	30,379	15.6%
1960	33,589	10.6%
1970	34,719	3.4%
1980	32,828	-5.4%
1990	29,201	-11%
2000	27,772	-4.9%
2010	26,885	-3.2%
1870-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Clinton had 26,885 people in 11,246 households. The population density was 291.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in 11,246 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.0 percent white, 4.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,911 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,908. 15.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.