Clintonville, Michigan

42°41′16″N 83°20′59″W / 42.68778°N 83.34972°W / 42.68778; -83.34972CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyOaklandTownshipWaterfordSettled1830Platted1847Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)Area code(s)248FIPS code26-84240^[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.

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]

• John Linderman (1794-1877)
• Marcus Riker (1800-1884)
• W. Walker
• John Van Campen (1824-1910)
• J. Bogardus
• Mrs. Stuart
• B. Greening
• J. Greening

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.

References

Sources

• Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 081431838X. ISBN 978-0814318386.

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