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<strong>Early Wayne County History</strong><br/>
 
Clinton Township<br/>
 
Clinton township was named for Governor Dewitt Clinton, and was fromed in 1825. The first school house in the township was a small one room log cabin erected by settlers. A teacher received seventy-five cents a week for her services at the Newkirk schoolhouse.<br/>
 
What is now Big Prairie was first looked upon as an impassable swamp; it was soggy, wet, full of ponds, dangerous to cattle.<br/>
 
Shreve came into existence with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago R. R. Named after Thomas Shreve, it was incorporated in 1859. Original name of Shreve was Clinton Station.|Harry B. Stapler|The Wooster Daily Record, 1940-MAR-09
 
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Revision as of 13:19, 15 July 2023

Clinton Township was established June 7, 1825 and was named to honor Governor De Witt Clinton.[1]

It contains 28 sections.[2] Its formation wiped out Pike Township.[3]

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1807 Federal Survey Map of Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio

1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio

References

  1. Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 783
  2. Wayne County History Book Committee. A History of Wayne County, Ohio. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. Pulled from Clinton Township binder, pg. 4.
  3. Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 59.

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Clinton Township, Wayne County, Ohio - Wikipedia