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Clinton County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Center, Forest,
Jackson, Johnson, Kirklin, Madison, Michigan, Owen, Perry, Ross, Sugar Creek,
Union, Warren and Washington.
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Clinton County organization became effective March 1, 1830.
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The town of Jefferson, four miles west of what is now Frankfort, was chosen
as the County Seat when Clinton County was organized, May 3, 1830. It was
only a temporary site, however, as the site of Frankfort was selected by
the State Commissioners as the County Seat and the county agent was ordered
on May 19, 1830, to have the land surveyed and laid off in lots. The first
term of court in Frankfort convened April, 1831, in a new log courthouse.
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In August of 1830 Colonel S. D. Maxwell built the first house in Frankfort,
however the population did not increase much until 1832. In 1849 Frankfort
had eight stores, five lawyers, five physicians and five churches, one each
for the Old School Presbyterians, Episcopal and Protestant Methodists, Christians
and Associate Reformed.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1835.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Clinton County start with the
prefix 12 because it is the twelfth county in alphabetical listing.
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