The Clinton Historical Society, in

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

Oneida County, New York Oneida County is a county in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,125. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League or ''Haudenos ...

, is a

historical society A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future gen ...

housed in a historic building. The restored building, built in 1832, is also known as Old Baptist Church of Clinton, and is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. The historical society focuses on the Village of Clinton and surrounding area. Its name is also used for the historic church building in which the society is headquartered. The building is listed on the National Register as a

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

in the Clinton Village Historic District. ''See also:'' The society's building once had a conical steeple as it appears in a c.1900-1910 photo. The society is supported by

Hamilton College Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...

, including the printing of four newsletters per year.

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Clinton Historical Society
official site {{Mid-Atlantic U.S. historical societies Oneida County, New York Historical societies in New York (state) Baptist churches in New York (state) Clinton (village), New York