List of places named for DeWitt Clinton

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, Illinois Allan H. Keith, [http://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. ]
*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
*City of Clinton, Arkansas
*City of Clinton, Indiana
*City of Clinton, Illinois
*City of Clinton, Iowa
*City of Clinton, Missouri
*City of DeWitt, Arkansas
*City of DeWitt, Iowa
*City of DeWitt, Michigan
*Town of DeWitt, New York
*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

Streets and parks

*Clinton Avenue in Fair Haven, Connecticut
*Clinton St. in Chicago (which benefited greatly from the Erie Canal)
*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)

chools

*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

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
*Former Dewitt Clinton Hotel (now Dewitt Clinton Apartments) in Albany, NY

ee also

* "DeWitt Clinton" was also the name of the first steam locomotive to operate in New York.

References