This is the town that I call
home. The population is about 9,000 people. Named after New
York governor DeWitt Clinton, Clinton is the Henry County seat.
During the first half of the twentieth century Clinton was known as the
"mail order baby chick capitol of the world" and trains carried crates
of baby chicks from coast to coast, as far north as Canada and as far
south as South America. We also had a famous white sulfer
artesian that was believed to have healing powers and for a long time
in the latter nineteenth century and early twentieth Clinton was a
popular resort destination.
Another local tidbit -- Chinese checkers was invented by a Henry County
resident.
Our high school sports teams are the Clinton Cardinals and Lady Cards. |