| Clintonville, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Label: | Clintonville |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oakland |
| Subdivision Name3: | Waterford |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1830 |
| Established Title1: | Platted |
| Established Date1: | 1847 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 42.6878°N -83.3497°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 48329 (Waterford) |
| Area Code: | 248 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 26-84240[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1627218 |
Clintonville is an unincorporated community in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Waterford Township. As an unincorporated community, Clintonville has no legally defined area or population statistics of its own, and it uses the Waterford 48328 ZIP Code.
It was located along the Clinton River on what today is Walton Boulevard between Clintonville Road and Sashabaw Road. The village was built on the shores of Wormer Lake (27.5 acres) and Schoolhouse Lake (37 acres).[2]
Clintonville was first settled in 1830 by Samuel C. Munson. That same year, Munson built a gristmill and saw mill at Clintonville on Pond Lake (now Lake Oakland), just north of where the Clinton River meets Walton Boulevard today.[3]
Clintonville was platted in 1847.[4]
Clintonville land tract owners in 1872 include:[5]
Clintonville had a post office from 1898 until 1902.
Clintonville School No.7 was the first school in Clintonville. It was built on the banks of Schoolhouse Lake on what today is 3101 Walton Blvd. in Waterford, Michigan near Clintonville Road. The school building still stands today.[6]
In 1872, east-west streets in Clintonville were Lafayette Street, Main Street, Columbia Street, Darkman Street, Margaret Street and Elizabeth Street.North-south streets were Van Buren Street, Jackson Street, Washington Street, Franklin Street, Mill Street, and Pontiac Street.