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Clinton

Clinton County was created in 1831 and organized in 1839.  It is named after early American politician DeWitt Clinton.

Its county seat is St. Johns.  Adjacent counties are Saginaw, Gratiot, Montcalm, Shiawassee, Ionia, Ingham and Eaton.

Selected general works

Ellis, Franklin.
History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan / with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. 1880.
LIB OF MICHIGAN 2N  F572.S7 H6 1880

Daboll, Sherman.
Past and present of Clinton County, Michigan / by Judge S. B. Daboll, assisted by D. W. Kelley, together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. Illustrated. 1906.
LIB OF MICHIGAN 2N  F572.C7 D1 1906

History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of their prominent men and pioneers. 1880.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.S7 H6 1998

Selected newspapers

Elsie.
Elsie Sun. 1887-1965.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Ovid.
Ovid Register-Union. 1893-1967.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Saint Johns.
Clinton Independent. 1866-1903.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Saint Johns.
Clinton Republican. 1875-1921.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Lake, D. J..
Atlas of Clinton County, Michigan: from actual surveys. 1873.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  Folio G1413.C8 L25 1873

Ogle, Geo. A.
Standard atlas of Clinton County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county .... 1896.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S  F566 .C67 1973 r.24 no.67

W.W. Hixson & Co..
Plat book of Clinton County, Michigan. between 1930 and 1939.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  G1413.C8 H5 1930z

Boyd, Gregory A..
Family maps of Clinton County, Michigan : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. 2008.
LIB OF MICH MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.C7 B692 2008

Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

Genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society.
Clinton County Pioneer Society records, 1873-1935 : membership records, essays and reports. 2006.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN CD 2N  F572.C7 C45 2006

Clinton County Pioneer Society.
Clinton County pioneers : a transcript of the membership record of the Clinton County Pioneer Society. Between 1900 and 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.C7 C7a

Cemetery tombstone inscriptions, Clinton County, Michigan. 1939?.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   F572.C7 N37 1938

Janego, Jessica..
Bibliography of the greater Lansing area : a list of books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers and other material in the Michigan State Library relating to the history and present of Lansing, East Lansing and the tri-county area. 1970.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S   F574.L2 J36 1970

Selected government publications

Linduska, Joseph P..
Ecology and land-use : relationships of small mammals on a Michigan farm : including results of investigations under Federal aid in wildlife restoration project Michigan 2-R. 1950.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS 2S  QL751 .L47 1950

Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Surface Water Quality Division.
A Biological survey of the Looking Glass River and selected tributaries, Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, July 8-10, 1992. 1993.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS 2S  TD224.M5 S8-93/009

Michigan Jobs Commission.
Economic profile. Clinton. 1996.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS 2S  HC107.M5 A1 Clinton 1996

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
Important farmlands, Clinton County, Michigan. 1981.
LIB OF MICH US DOCS 4S  G4113.C8J15 1981   .U5^A 57.69:C 61/2

Updated 11-23-2022