Port Clinton
Port Clinton is the name of several places in the United States: * Port Clinton, Ohio * Port Clinton, Pennsylvania Outside the continental US: * Port Clinton, Queensland, in Australia * Clinton, South Australia Clinton (also known as Port Clinton) is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula overlooking the north west head of Gulf St Vincent about west of the state capital of Adelaide and ab ...

Port Clinton, Ohio
Port Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Ottawa County, located at the mouth of the Portage River on Lake Erie, about 44 miles east of Toledo. The population was 6,056 at the 2010 census. The city has been nicknamed the "Walleye Capital of the World", due to the productive fishing waters for the species lying offshore in Lake Erie's Western Basin. The annual Walleye Drop on New Year's Eve in downtown Port Clinton reflects this nickname. History Residents established the community in 1828 on the shores of the Portage River and Lake Erie. They named the town after DeWitt Clinton, a governor of New York who was instrumental in creating the Erie Canal, which connected the Midwest along the Great Lakes to the markets of the Hudson River and New York. Port Clinton grew slowly. In 1846, there were only sixty households in the community. Although the town had an excellent harbor and access to the Portage River, little shipping took place. The town remained relatively small ...
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Port Clinton, Pennsylvania
Port Clinton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill rivers, it was a port on the Schuylkill Canal and named after DeWitt Clinton. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 288 people, 132 households, and 81 families residing in the borough. The population density was 577.4 people per square mile (222.4/km2). There were 139 housing units at an average density of 278.7 per square mile (107.3/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.26% White, 0.35% Native American, 0.35% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.78% of the population. There were 132 households, out of which 19.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, a ...
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Port Clinton, Queensland
Port Clinton is an estuarine harbour and inlet located on the eastern side of the Warginburra Peninsula of central coastal Queensland. It was previously known as Port Bowen, which was the name given to the harbour by Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802. The title was changed in 1892 to Port Clinton so as to avoid confusion with the port of Bowen Bowen may refer to: Places Australia * Bowen, Queensland, a town * Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb ** Bowen Hills railway station, a railway station in Bowen Hills ** Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills * Bowen Bridge, crossing the Derw ... approximately 400 km to the north-west. References Ports and harbours of Queensland Central Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ...
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