Director outlines Clinton County origins, settlement dates and vanished hamlets

Sep 4, 2026

The director of the Clinton County Historical Association gave a public talk at Champlain Memorial Library tracing the county's Indigenous roots, colonial maps, town founding dates and how floods, fires and industry reshaped local communities.

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The director of the Clinton County Historical Association told an audience at Champlain Memorial Library that the presentation would cover “Clinton County, where we came from, who we are, all the different towns.” The talk covered Indigenous presence, early French and British-era maps, town formation dates and the rise and fall of local industries.

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