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Clinton County

Clinton County proper noun: one of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Carlyle.

Proper noun

Clinton County

  1. One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Carlyle.
  2. One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Frankfort.
  3. One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Clinton.
  4. One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Albany.
  5. One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: St. Johns.
  6. One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Plattsburg.
  7. One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Plattsburgh.
  8. One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Wilmington.
  9. One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Lock Haven.

Origin of Clinton County

All are named after DeWitt Clinton except in New York and Ohio (George Clinton).

Questions about Clinton County

What does Clinton County mean?
Clinton County means one of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Carlyle.
What part of speech is Clinton County?
Clinton County is a proper noun.

Words near Clinton County in the dictionary

  1. clinquant
  2. clint
  3. Clint cum Hamlets
  4. Clintasha
  5. Clinton
  6. Clinton County
  7. Clinton News Network
  8. Clintonesque
  9. clintonia
  10. Clintonian
  11. Clintoniana

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