CLINTON TOWNSHIP
This Township was set off from Tecumseh in 1869. Its first settlement dates back to 1828. The first house was built by Alpheus Kies, in 1829, and the first store established in 1830, by Owen & Pomeroy, in the basement of the first frame house erected in the Township. The first land located was by John Tyrrell, in 1825. The first white child born was Benjamin W. Fisk, whose mother is still living, nearly four-score years old, -- of the pioneer mothers of Lenawee. The first school-house was in 1830. The oldest male residents now living are W. V. Fisk and J. S. Kies. Clinton contains 8936 acres of improved land, valued at $769,770. Its live stock is valued at $76,822, and its productions aggregate $154,555.
Clinton Village, on the Jackson branch of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, four and a half miles north of Tecumseh, contains about 900 population. It is situated on the river Raisin, from which it derives water-power. It has a woolen-factory, an agricultural implement manufactory, and two good hotels. The shipments from this place include woolen cloths, apples, eggs, butter, live stock gain, etc. It was incorporated in 1869. S. B. Rose, Postmaster. The present village officers are: F. S. Snow, President; A. B. Van de Mark, Clerk; B. O. Randall, Treasurer; and Daniel Brooke is the present Supervisor of the Township.
Newburg is a small hamlet, on the river, midway between Clinton and Tecumseh Villages.
Copyright Ed Van Horn, 2006, Port St Lucie, Florida