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History · Clinton Township

41% of Clinton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Pleasant Hill Church and the Josephus Atkinson Farm. Below: 17 old photos and papers and maps from 1962 on.

2on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
17old photos & papers
1famous people
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Quick answers

Where Clinton Township’s name came from

How did Clinton Township get its name?

Clinton Township was named for DeWitt Clinton, sixth Governor of New York.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Clinton Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A town in old photos17 old photos, postcards and papers.Old housesHalf of Clinton Township’s homes were built before 1944.
★ What stands out · By decade

Clinton Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s17 items
Bowling. Clinton, Indiana1940Bowling. Clinton, IndianaDiner. Clinton, Indiana1940Diner. Clinton, IndianaGirl bowling. Clinton, Indiana1940Girl bowling. Clinton, IndianaBowling alley. Clinton, Indiana1940Bowling alley. Clinton, IndianaPlaying pool. Clinton, Indiana1940Playing pool. Clinton, IndianaTruck driver in diner. Clinton, Indiana1940Truck driver in diner. Clinton, IndianaGroup at pinball machine. Clinton, Indiana1940Group at pinball machine. Clinton, IndianaChoosing ball. Bowling alley1940Choosing ball. Bowling alleyKeeping score. Bowling alley1940Keeping score. Bowling alleyGirl in bowling alley. Clinton, Indiana1940Girl in bowling alley. Clinton, IndianaBoys in pool parlor. Clinton, Indiana1940Boys in pool parlor. Clinton, IndianaPin boy in bowling alley. Clinton, Indiana1940Pin boy in bowling alley. Clinton, IndianaWatching the game. Bowling alley1940Watching the game. Bowling alleyHigh school students playing pool. Clinton, Indiana1940High school students playing pool. Clinton, IndianaUntitled photo, possibly related to: Bowling. Clinton, Indiana1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bowling. Clinton…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Girl bowling. Clinton, Indiana1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Girl bowling. Cl…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bowling alley. Clinton, Indiana1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bowling alley. C…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The story

How Clinton Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clinton Township.

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Clinton Township was organized in 1834. It was named for DeWitt Clinton, sixth Governor of New York.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Clinton Township, 1853 to 1962

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Born hereQuincy Alden Myers is born here
  3. 1890Post officeThe Clymers post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1919Post officeThe Clymers post office closes
  6. 1940In the archiveBowling. Clinton, Indiana
  7. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
On the map

Clinton Township on the map, 1962 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clinton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Clinton Township on the 1962 USGS mapClinton Township on the 1980 USGS map1962Clymers sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Clinton Township.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bowling. Clinton, Indiana
Retake this viewBowling. Clinton, Indiana, 1940

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Clinton Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Pleasant Hill Church
Pleasant Hill ChurchJosephus Atkinson Farm
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Italianate2
Pleasant Hill ChurchItalianate
Josephus Atkinson FarmItalianate

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Clymers, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Clymers
Gone or out of use
Logansport Quarrymine
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Clinton Township
ClymersPorterSaint JohnsShideler

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Clinton Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBowling. Clinton, Indiana: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jefferson TownshipIts storyB−Eel Township12 historic placesA+Noble TownshipIts storyC+Liberty Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington TownshipIts storyC+Washington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Clinton Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Clinton Township?

Two places: the Pleasant Hill Church (listed 1996) and the Josephus Atkinson Farm (2010).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (17), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.