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Clinton (City and county-seat)

a city and county-seat of Clinton co., Ia.; on the Mississippi river, and the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and other railroads: 60 miles S. E. of Dubuque. It is the trade center for a region of 50 miles radius, and has large manufacturing interests. The Mississippi is crossed at this point by several bridges. The city has Wartburg College (Lutheran, 1894), public schools, several churches, daily and weekly newspapers, electric lights, and railways, three National banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 25,577; (1920) 24,151.

CLINTON, a town in Worcester co., Mass.; on the Nashua river, and the Boston and Maine and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads; 40 miles W. of Boston. It has important cotton and carpet manufactories, furnished with excellent power from the river; is connected with neighboring towns by electric street railroads; and has numerous churches, daily newspapers, electric lights, public library, high and graded public schools, a National bank, etc. Pop. (1910) 13,075; (1920) 12,979.