The City of Clinton might still be a small hamlet
named New York if not for a geographical good fortune. Platted as
the town of New York in 1836 by its first settler Joseph Bartlett, the
community was one of several clustered on the west bank of the
Mississippi River. Other communities were Lyons, Ringwood, Chancy
and Camanche.
The fledgling settlement had little hope of
growth. In 1839, it consisted of a sprinkling of cabins, two
stores and a tavern. Lyons - to the north where Elijah Buell had
established a ferry - grew at a healthy pace. Lyons was the first
milltown with grain and flourmills before being recognized for its
lumber potential.
Throughout the 1840’s, New York changed
little while communities around it continued to develop. However,
in 1855, the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad changed its plans and
announced it would cross the river at Little Rock Island adjacent to
Bartlett's settlement instead of at Lyons.
The Iowa Land Company bought Bartlett's tract and
renamed it Clinton, in honor of DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York
State. From that date on, Clinton grew, absorbing Ringwood, Chancy and
Lyons, and becoming the Clinton County seat as well.
In the early 1800’s, not everyone could
afford passage on the steamboats which paddled the Mississippi bringing
goods and people to Clinton County. Some came by horse-drawn
wagons; others walked the many miles.
Among the walkers in 1835 was Dr. George Peck.
When he came upon a high bluff on the west river bank, he thought it
ideal for a great city and set about platting it. He named his town
after an Indian tribe, but misspelled it. Camanche, with its erroneous
“a” was born.
That same year, Martin Dunning arrived from
Chicago with a load of general merchandise and became the first
businessman to settle in Camanche. Peck’s investment was secured
when Albany, Illiniois was platted across the river and a ferry to
Camanche was established. Camanche was the first governmental seat when
the county was formally organized in 1840.
A bit of Camanche history - its old railroad depot
has been fully restored and set on the library grounds as an historic
museum.
Between the 1850’s and 1900, the Clinton
area was regarded as the sawmill capital of the nation. Huge log
rafts were floated down the river from Wisconsin and Minnesota, cut
into lumber at Clinton, then shipped to growing communities east, west,
north and south via the river and the railroads.
In 1865, the sawmills produced 21.5 million feet
of lumber. By 1892, production had risen to more than 195 million
board feet.
Lumbermen W.J. Young, Chancy Lamb and David Joyce
were counted among the 13 millionaires in Clinton during one period and
were among the city's most influential leaders.
These families and others who gained great wealth
during the era constructed magnificent mansions along 5th, 6th and 7th
Avenues in Clinton. That area became the center of elite social life.
Elaborate and festive dinner parties, often catered out of
Chicago, were frequent.
Once again, location aided the River City area.
The railroad and the river continue to provide
economic diversity in all directions, attracting manufacturing and
heavy industry to the community, plus providing sport and recreational
activities and commerce. Since the early years of this century, and
continuing forward, the Clinton area has prospered as an industrial
center, with a steadily growing list of products and services, which
are delivered to all parts of the nation and the world.
”More home for the money” is a
hallmark of housing in the Clinton region. Housing exists for all
price ranges.
Construction of single-family homes in the area is
at a 25 year high with more and more families finding it makes sense to
live in the area. All three communities are opening new
subdivisions to construct new homes.
Across the Clinton region, many distinctive
neighborhoods give residents a variety of living experiences: from
quiet cul-de-sac's to areas filled with children and young families,
from sweeping views of the river to the hustle and bustle of apartment
living in downtown shopping districts.
Clinton Community College 1000 Lincoln Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732 244-7001
Graphic Arts & Technology Center 1951 Manufacturing Drive, Clinton, IA 52732
244-7010
Ashford University
400 North Bluff Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732 242-4023
Camanche High School 937 9th Avenue, Camanche, IA 52730
259-3008
Camanche Middle School
1400 9th Street, Camanche, IA 52730 259-3014
Camanche Elementary School 508 11th Place, Camanche, IA 52730 259-3016
Clinton Community Schools 600 South 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 243-9600
Clinton High School
817 8th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-7540
Lincoln High School
1850 South Bluff Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732 242-8137
Lyons Middle School
2810 North 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-7858
Washington Middle School 751 2nd Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-0466
Eagle Heights Elementary, 1350 Main
Avenue,Clinton, IA 52732 563-243-4288
Bluff Elementary School 1421 South Bluff Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732
243-0486
Jefferson Elementary School 720 4th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-0479
Whittier Elementary School 100 North 13th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 243-3230
Prince of Peace Schools 312 South 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-1663
River Bend Community Schools 1110 3rd Street, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2711
Fulton High School
1207 12th Street, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3511
Fulton Elementary School 1301 7th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2911
Fulton Middle School
415 12th Street, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2611
Unity Christian High School 711 10th Street, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3912
Lighthouse Christian Church 512 North 18th Street, Clinton, IA 52732
242-7592
Trinity Reformed Church 518 13th Avenue, Fulton, IL, 61252 815-589-3513
Bethel AME Church
303 South 3rd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 243-8603
Assembly Of God Church 601 10th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2939
First Baptist Church
1000 3rd Street, Camanche, IA 52730 259-1130
First Baptist Church 2020
North 3rd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-0811
First Baptist Church GARBC 1026 3rd Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3443
Second Baptist Church
438 4th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732 243-6646
Calvary Baptist Church
1619 2nd Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-2350
Bible Missionary Church 2121 Iowa Avenue, Clinton, IA 52732 243-3932
Church Of The Visitation 1032 Middle Road, Camanche, IA 52730 259-1188
Immaculate Conception Church 703 12th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3542
Jesus Christ Prince of Peace Catholic Parish 505 9th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732
242-3311
Bethel Christian Reformed Church 1208 3rd Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2501
First Christian Reformed Church 801 15th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3790
First Church Of Christ Scientist 562 5th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-1209
Clinton Church of Christ 210 North 13th Street, Clinton, IA 52732
242-1806
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints 1825 NW 16th Street, Clinton, IA 52732
243-7419
First Congregational Church UCC 700 North Bluff Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732
243-1299
Grace Episcopal Church
2100 North 2nd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-5740
St. John's Episcopal Church 238 4th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-1648
Evangelical Free Church 1010 13th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732
243-4164
Church Of The Open Door 816 13th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732
242-0968
Gateway Baptist Church
722 South 16th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-7887
Jehovah's Witnesses 3704
North 3rd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 243-7371
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall 944 Lincoln Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732 242-3361
Elvira Zion Lutheran Church 2207 380th Avenue, Clinton, IA 52732 522-2177
Chancy Lutheran Church -ELCA 2315 Wallace Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-4096
Immanuel Lutheran Church -ELCA 819 South 5th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-4229
Immanuel Lutheran Church -ELCA 1519 South Washington Blvd., Camanche, IA 52730
259-8249
New Hope Lutheran Church 401 North 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-4670
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church-ELCA 439 3rd Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732
242-7391
St. John Lutheran Church - LCMS 416 Main Avenue, Clinton, IA 52732 242-5588
Trinity Lutheran Church - LCMS 656 5th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 242-5328
First United Methodist Church 621 South 3rd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-5868
Low Moor United Methodist Church 315 3rd Avenue, Low Moor, IA 52757 522-2148
Lyons United Methodist Church 2118 North 2nd Street, Clinton, IA 52732 242-1439
St. Mark's United Methodist Church 808 3rd Street, Camanche, IA 52730 259-1064
Trinity United Methodist Church 1605 13th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732
243-4030
First Church Of The Nazarene 2416 Stockwell Lane West, Clinton, IA 52732
243-3670
Apostolic Temple Of Victory 413 4th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732 242-3498
Life Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church 311 South 3rd Street, Clinton, IA 52732
242-0046
First United Presbyterian Church 400 5th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 243-1142
Fulton Presbyterian Church 701 11th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3580
Riverside Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 1433, Clinton, IA 52733-1433 243-6668
Community Reformed Church 747 North 12th Street, Clinton, IA 52732
243-5383
Second Reformed Church 703 14th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-3425
Trinity Reformed Church 514 13th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2725
First Reformed Church
514 15th Avenue, Fulton, IL 61252 815-589-2103 Rev. Phillip Sneller
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints 2409 13th Avenue North,
Clinton, IA 52732 243-4853
Salvation Army The Citadel 219 1st Avenue, Clinton, IA 52732 242-4502
Seventh Day Adventist Church 532 8th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732 242-1272
Sunflower Spiritualist Church 65 Mount Pleasant Park, Clinton, IA 52732
244-0677
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 309 30th Avenue North, Clinton, IA 52732
242-4972
Community Congregational UCC 2300 Pershing Blvd., Clinton, IA 52732 243-4454
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