Clinton, Oneida County, New York

Clinton, New York
Village
Center of Clinton, and starting point for street numbers, at College Street and West Park Row
Location in Oneida County and the state of New York
Coordinates: 43°2′56″N 75°22′49″W / 43.04889°N 75.38028°W / 43.04889; -75.38028
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Oneida
Area [1]
• Total	0.63 sq mi (1.62 km2)
• Land	0.63 sq mi (1.62 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	604 ft (184 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,683
• Density	2,688.50/sq mi (1,038.27/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	13323
Area code	315
FIPS code	36-16419
GNIS feature ID	0946885
Website	Village website

Clinton is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. There were 1,683 people living in Clinton as of the 2020 census.^[2] It was named after George Clinton, the first governor of New York.

• Richard Nelson Bach Jr., captain and leading scorer of the EHL's Clinton Comets 1956 EHL hockey championship. Two time MVP and three time scoring champion. Voted into Hall of Fame on first vote in 1961.
• Clara Barton, founder of American Red Cross
• Grover Cleveland, lived in Clinton for a short time as a child
• Harriet McDoul Daniels
• Ulysses S. Grant III.
• Mark Hopkins
• Samuel Kirkland, a missionary among the Oneida, obtained a charter for Hamilton College in 1812.
• Mary Lyon
• Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, Danish-born astronomer; working at Litchfield Observatory, Hamilton College, he discovered 48 asteroids.
• Elihu Root, born in Clinton and attended Hamilton College.
• Leland Stanford, student in Clinton.

The village has an area of 0.6 square miles, says the United States Census Bureau. The village is east of the Oriskany Creek.

• Village website

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