Claypole is an Argentine city located in the southern part of the

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, Buenos Aires Province with a population of 41,176 ().

History

The lands were purchased by the

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Congregation to establish a farm and provide produce to their

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, and after a few years it was purchased by the Obligado family. Julia Obligado, by then married to Pedro Claypole, donated the land for the local train station in 1876 upon the announcement of plans for a

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line in the area. The station was thus named for Pedro Claypole, and the arrival of the first train on April 15, 1884, became the establishment date of the town itself. The town's first school, ''

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'', was opened in 1906 at the home of a Mrs. Hebbel, later operated at the home of the Baile family. The ''Pequeño Cottolengo