Clinton (Oneida County, New York)

Oneida County

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Clinton is a town in Oneida County in the U.S. state of New York with 1,952 inhabitants ( 2000 census ). Clinton is named after the first Governor of New York and later Vice President of the United States George Clinton.

The village of Clinton houses among others the Hamilton College and is part of the city Kirkland and is known as the village schools, because had there in the 19th century, numerous private schools located.

History

The first settlement of the modern era took place around 1787. The village was incorporated in 1843 in Kirkland.

Personalities

  • Grover Cleveland, U.S. President
  • Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
  • Ulysses S. Grant III, grandson of the commander in chief of the United States Army
  • Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, German - American astronomer who discovered 48 asteroids in the Litchfield Observatory of Hamilton College.
  • Elihu Root, Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
  • Place in New York
  • Location in North America
  • Oneida County ( New York)
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