Clinton County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Clinton County Register and Recorders Office 230 East Water Street Lock Haven, PA 17745 (570) 893-4010

History
Named for DeWitt Clinton, seventh Governor of New York.

Parent Counties
21 June 1839: Clinton County was created from Lycoming and Centre Counties.

==== Boundary Changes ====


 * 27 January 1750: When Cumberland County was formed, it included part of the southern portion of today's Clinton County. The rest of today's Clinton County were not included in any county until 1785
 * 14 October 1751: When Berks County was created, a portion of southwestern Clinton County was included in it.
 * 9 March 1771: Bedford County was created taking the portion of today's Clinton County that was in Cumberland County.
 * 21 March 1772: When Northumberland County was created, the southern portion of today's Clinton County which was formerly in Bedford and Berks Counties was included in Northumberland County.
 * 1785: The northern portion of today's Clinton County was annexed to Northumberland County; thus, all of the county was part of Northumberland County.
 * 19 September 1789: When Mifflin County was formed, southern part of today's Clinton County became part of it.; the remainder (approx. 80%) stayed in Northumberland County.
 * 13 April 1795: When Lycoming County was created, the portion that was in Northumberland County was absorbed into Lycoming County; the remainder stayed in Mifflin County.
 * 13 February 1800: Centre County was created, the northern portion remained in Lycoming County while the southern half became part of Centre County.
 * 29 March 1860: When Cameron County was formed, the boundaries of Clinton County became final.

Neighboring Counties
Cameron | Centre | Clearfield | Lycoming | Potter | Union

Societies and Libraries
Clinton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 393 Lock Haven, PA 17745-0393

Clinton County Historical Society 362 East Water Street Lock Haven, PA 17745 Phone: (570) 748-7254

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog


 * Linkpendium - Clinton County
 * USGenWeb project for Clinton Co.