 | Between 1992 & 1994, I examined back copies of The (Columbus)
Citizen-Journal, The Columbus Dispatch, and The Booster newspapers
and documents on file at the Ohio Historical Society and Columbus Metropolitan Library in
search of materials to support the community holding a Sesquicentennial celebration before
2000. The result was discovery that the first Clintonville Post Office was opened on
September 13, 1847 - providing a birthday opportunity for 1997. A review of the
newspaper files between the mid-1940s and the early 1960s provided interesting insights to
the dramatic changes that the Clintonville area experienced.
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| An examination of property transfer records on file with Franklin
County revealed that Clintonville had not been platted as a town, having been referred to
only briefly within property transfers records around 1847 - 1850. The community
first appeared on a Franklin County map in 1883 (population: 68). A review of maps
between the first and the 1950s further reveals the growth of the Clintonville community.
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| In research of the history of the controversial Bethel to Morse Roads
connection, I photocopied newspaper articles that were on file at the Columbus
Metropolitan Library.
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