Clintonville, Michigan

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Clintonville, Michigan
Unincorporated community
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Clintonville
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 42°41′16″N83°20′59″W / 42.68778°N 83.34972°W / 42.68778; -83.34972
Country United States
State Michigan
County Oakland
Township Waterford
Settled1830
Platted 1847
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)
48329 (Waterford)
Area code(s) 248
FIPS code 26-84240 [1]
GNIS feature ID1627218 [2]

Clintonville is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Clintonville has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.

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It was located along the Clinton River on what today is Walton Boulevard between Clintonville Road and Sashabaw Road. The village was built on the shores of Wormer Lake (27.5 acres) and Schoolhouse Lake (37 acres). [3]

History

Clintonville was first settled in 1830 by Samuel C. Munson. That same year, Munson built a gristmill and saw mill at Clintonville on Pond Lake (now Lake Oakland), just north of where the Clinton River meets Walton Boulevard today. [4]

Clintonville was platted in 1847. [5]

Early residents

Clintonville land tract owners in 1872 include: [6]

Post Office

Clintonville had a post office from 1898 until 1902. [7]

School

Clintonville School No.7 was the first school in Clintonville. It was built on the banks of Schoolhouse Lake on what today is 3101 Walton Blvd. in Waterford, Michigan near Clintonville Road. The school building still stands today. [8]

Streets

In 1872, east-west streets in Clintonville were Lafayette Street, Main Street, Columbia Street, Darkman Street, Margaret Street and Elizabeth Street. North-south streets were Van Buren Street, Jackson Street, Washington Street, Franklin Street, Mill Street, and Pontiac Street.

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clintonville, Michigan
  3. ↑ http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_Maps/Inland_Lake_Maps/OAKLAND/WORMER_LAKE.PDF [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. ↑ "Waterford Township Historical Timeline | Waterford, MI".
  5. ↑ "Waterford Township Historical Timeline | Waterford, MI".
  6. ↑ "Clintonville, Drayton Plains, White Lake Township, Atlas: Oakland County 1872, Michigan Historical Map".
  7. ↑ Romig 1986, p. 122.
  8. ↑ http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_OAKLAND%20COUNTY.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]

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