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Approaching Clinton
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, September 2009 |
A
Visit to Clinton, TexasPhotographer's
Note:
A crossroads,
a few homes on dirt streets, cemetery, and a large influx of new homes on acre
+ sized lots is about all that's left of whatever was here. - Mike
Price, September 2009
History
in a Pecan Shell
In 1887 the St. Louis Southwestern Railroad bought the land for a token of
five dollars. The seller, one J. M. Massey made it conditional upon the railroad
building a depot here. The railroad complied, naming it after one of their own
officers that same year. The following year a post office was granted and continued
for decades, although no one is certain of when it closed. The earliest recorded
population was in 1904 when 138 citizens were counted. By 1910 it had fallen to
right around 100 and by the time the Great Depression arrived it was down to just
88. The last official count was in the mid 1960s when 30 people considered Clinton
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Clinton scene
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, September 2009 |
The
1859 Clinton Cemetery
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, September 2009 |
Clinton Cemetery Historical Marker
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Price, September 2009 | |
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