Clinton is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...
(CDP) comprising the primary village in the
town of Clinton,
Middlesex County,
Connecticut
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, United States. It is in the southwest corner of the town, bordered to the west, across the
Hammonasset River
The Hammonasset River is formed about southeast of Durham, Connecticut along a gully on the north end of Bunker Hill at about a half mile northeast of the junction of Route 148 and Bunker Hill Road. The river travels for U.S. Geological Survey. ...
, by the town of
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
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in
New Haven County
New Haven County is a county in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population was 864,835, making it the third-most populous county in Connecticut. Two of the state's top 5 largest cities, ...
, to the north by
Interstate 95
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, and to the south by Clinton Harbor, an inlet of
Long Island Sound. As of the
2020 census, the CDP had a population of 3,441,
out of 13,185 in the entire town of Clinton.
The
Clinton Village Historic District occupies at the center of the village.
References
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Census-designated places in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Census-designated places in Connecticut