Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Clintondale. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Howard 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 Clintondale.
The story so far
Clintondale, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clintondale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Clintondale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southern Clinton County, in the west-central part of Porter Township. It is bordered to the southwest by Fishing Creek, across which is the CDP of Lamar. Fishing Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary of Bald Eagle Creek, part of the West Branch Susquehanna River watershed. Pennsylvania Route 64 forms the northwest boundary of Clintondale; it leads northeast 6 miles (10 km) to Mill Hall and southwest 26 miles (42 km) to State College. Interstate 80 passes just north of Clintondale, with access from E…
Its first post office opened in 1874.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Clintondale in 1892
Passages that mention Clintondale, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first school house of which we could obtain any authentic information in that part of Lamar, now embraced within the territorial limits of Porter township, was located near Clintondale, on the farm of Mr. John Watson. It was built in 1808, and, like all other primitive buildings, was piade of logs.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
