Clinton, Connecticut
Clinton is a town located on Long Island Sound in Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. The population was 13,094 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 49.3 km² (19.0 mi²). 42.2 km² (16.3 mi²) of it is land and 7.1 km² (2.8 mi²) of it (14.50%) is water. It is located between Madison, Connecticut and Westbrook, Connecticut.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 13,094 people, 5,134 households, and 3,614 families residing in the town. The population density was 310.5/km² (804.2/mi²). There were 5,757 housing units at an average density of 136.5/km² (353.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.85% White, 0.57% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.99% of the population.
There were 5,134 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the town the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $60,471, and the median income for a family was $71,403. Males had a median income of $47,363 versus $34,983 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,080. About 2.0% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over. The town name pronunciation varies between CLIN-tun, CLINT-in, much like the former president of the same name, and the less refined Cli-in. Younger Clintonians might call it C-Town.
History
Clinton traces its history from 1663 when the land between Guilford and Saybrook, as they were then bounded, was known as Homonoscitt. In this year a committee was appointed by the General Court at Hartford to lay out this area as a plantation. In 1667 the settlement was designated a town and named Kenilworth. By the middle of the eighteenth century, through changes in usage, this name became Killingworth. In 1838 the southern portion was incorporated by the General Assembly as the Town of Clinton, the northern portion retaining the name of Killingworth. The line marking the division between the towns of Killingworth and Clinton was the same as that which divided the first and second ecclesiastical societies, or, as they were later known, "school societies," which were established in 1735.
As in most small New England shore towns, life centered about fishing, farming, shipbuilding, and the church. One of the early leaders of Clinton's church was the Reverend Abraham Pierson. In 1701, when the General Court of the Colony in Hartford granted a charter for "the founding of a collegiate school within His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut, " its founders chose the Reverend Mr. Pierson as its rector. The first classes were held in his parsonage in Clinton. In later years the school was moved to Saybrook and then to New Haven, where it eventually became Yale University.
Data provided by Clinton Historical Society
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See also: Clinton (CDP), Connecticut