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History · Clinton Township

17% of Clinton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Bridge in Clinton Township and the Witherup Bridge. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1910 on, and the census since 2000.

2on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Clinton Township’s archive · credits on each photo

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 history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Clinton Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19104 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1972. Watch Clinton Township change.
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Start Clinton Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clinton Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBridge in Clinton Township: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
BullionRiddle CrossroadsSmith Corners
Gone or out of use
Kennerdale SchoolschoolSurrena Schoolschool

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

On the map

Clinton Township on the map, 1910 to 1972

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 1910 USGS mapClinton Township on the 1944 USGS mapClinton Township on the 1963 USGS mapClinton Township on the 1972 USGS map1910Hilliards sheet · 1:62,500

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.

The story

How Clinton Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Clinton Township.

Read it all →

The Bridge in Clinton Township and Witherup Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Clinton Township, 1877 to 1982

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Bullion post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1915Post officeThe Bullion post office closes
  6. 1982In the archiveBridge in Clinton Township
By decade

Clinton Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s1 item
Bridge in Clinton Township1982Bridge in Clinton Township
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.
Add from your album
Today4 recent
I-80 wb entering Clintonville, PA, June 20242024I-80 wb entering Clintonville, PA, June 20242022-06-14 09 49 18 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 308 at Kennerdell Road in Clinton Township, Venango Count…20222022-06-14 09 49 18 View north along Pennsylvania Sta…Marlowe's Scenic River Campground2008Marlowe's Scenic River CampgroundDennison Run2008Dennison Run
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.

Bridge in Clinton Township
Retake this viewBridge in Clinton Township, 1982

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Clinton Township’s page.

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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
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Bridge in Clinton Township
Bridge in Clinton TownshipWitherup Bridge
Structures
Bridge in Clinton TownshipStructure
Witherup BridgeStructure

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

People over time

Clinton Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 951

Between 758 and 951 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Clinton Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Clinton Township

Nobody well known was born in Clinton Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jane WolfeAmerican silent film character actress and Thel… · b. 1875
Alexander HaysUnion Army general · b. 1819
Alexander McDowellPolitician · b. 1845
Joe PageAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
F
Francis Patrick McFarlandCatholic bishop · b. 1819
B
Bob WayAmerican baseball player · b. 1906
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Scrubgrass TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKennerdellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRockland Township1 historic placeA−Irwin TownshipIts storyC+Victory 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 Bridge in Clinton Township (listed 1988) and the Witherup Bridge (1988).

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.