Clintonville is an
unincorporated community
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in
Oakland County
Oakland County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Metro Detroit, metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, its population was 1, ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
. The community is located within
Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Clintonville has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328
ZIP Code.
It was located along the
Clinton River
The Clinton River is a river in southeastern Michigan in the United States. It is named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, who was governor of New York from 1817 to 1823.
The main branch of the river rises from wetlands and coldwater tributaries from ...
on what today is Walton Boulevard between Clintonville Road and Sashabaw Road. The village was built on the shores of
Wormer Lake (27.5 acres) and
Schoolhouse Lake (37 acres).
History
Clintonville was first settled in 1830 by Samuel C. Munson. That same year, Munson built a
gristmill
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and
saw mill
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at Clintonville on Pond Lake (now
Lake Oakland), just north of where the Clinton River meets Walton Boulevard today.
Clintonville was platted in 1847.
Early residents
Clintonville land tract owners in 1872 include:
*John Linderman (1794-1877)
*Marcus Riker (1800-1884)
*W. Walker
*John Van Campen (1824-1910)
*J. Bogardus
*Mrs. Stuart
*B. Greening
*J. Greening
Post Office
Clintonville had a post office from 1898 until 1902.
School
Clintonville School No.7 was the first school in Clintonville. It was built on the banks of Schoolhouse Lake on what today is 3101 Walton Blvd. in Waterford, Michigan near Clintonville Road. The school building still stands today.
[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_OAKLAND%20COUNTY.pdf ]
Streets
In 1872, east-west streets in Clintonville were Lafayette Street, Main Street, Columbia Street, Darkman Street, Margaret Street and Elizabeth Street.
North-south streets were Van Buren Street, Jackson Street, Washington Street, Franklin Street, Mill Street, and Pontiac Street.
References
Sources
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Unincorporated communities in Oakland County, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Metro Detroit
1830 establishments in Michigan Territory
Populated places established in 1830