Clinton Town of history

In 1806, the Easton-Brunswick Road was chartered as one and given the ironic name the New Jersey Turnpike.

Richard Conner lived at the Moravian site until his death April 17, 1808.

Elisha Harrington and his wife, Susan, built a large house near the Moravian site just before the War of 1812.

By 1818 the Moravian Settlement was now known as the Village of Frederick (at first it was called Casino) and contained twenty families.

The Detroit Creamery chapter of the township history stared on the property of Emery Trufant who came in the 16 Mile/Gratiot area 1825.

In 1827 the Clinton Township was much larger than today and encompassed what later became Warren and Erin Townships.

Frederick was the site of a former "Moravian Mission." In 1836 Horace Stephens, of Detroit, bought a number of acres of land and laid it out in village lots.

Established as a separate town in May of 1838, Clinton was originally part of Homonoscitt Plantation, or Hammonasset, and was broken off of Kenilworth, which is today’s Killingworth.

In March of 1841, local leaders gathered in Jones Tavern, now owned by John C. Wert, to form a new township out of the southern portion of Lebanon Township.

A pump factory was built by the firm of Campbell & Sacket, and an extensive business was done, 1200 being manufactured in one year, and were sold in several states." In 1844 Campbell & Sackett built a fine hotel, which did a good business and was well patronized.

When the Central Railroad of New Jersey pushed its track westward through the region in 1852, it built a station outside of Beaver Brook.

In business history, in addition to the iron ore industry, world-famous Bristol-Myers Company began in Clinton in 1887 on the second floor at 3-5 West Park Row and moved to Syracuse after three years.

To the near south, Franklin Springs, after the blast furnace era, became notable in the 1890’s when lithia water was discovered; it was used to bottle soft drinks for about 80 years by 8-10 different firms.

John was in real estate and railroads and sold the property to the Detroit Creamery in 1905.

With the introduction of the Shoreline Trolley in 1910, Clinton became the summer destination for inland dwellers.

Our area had been the largest producer of roses in the state since the 1920’s.

Since 1938, the Clinton Historical Society has researched, recorded, and shared stories of Clinton’s past.

In the 1940’s it was bought by Twin Pines Dairy.

While here they formed a baseball team and won the league championship in 1947.

The Clinton Figure Skating Club began in 1951.

Clinton hematite iron ore was discovered in 1797 near the surface and was mined until 1963.

In 1967, the Clinton Beach Association was formally established as a taxing district by Special Act 271 of the Connecticut Legislature.