| Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Quebec |
| Pushpin Label: | St-Isidore-de-Clifton |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Quebec |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Estrie |
| Subdivision Type3: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name3: | Le Haut-Saint-François |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | December 24, 1997 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | André Perron |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Compton—Stanstead |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Mégantic |
| Area Total Km2: | 178.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 176.94 |
| Population Total: | 673 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 353 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | J0B 2X0 |
| Area Code: | 819 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton is a municipality of 700 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada on the Canada–United States border. Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton is the source of the Eaton and Clifton rivers.[1]
The earliest known name for Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland was the name of Popeville, formed from the surname of Pope which the surname of the president of the Cookshire branch of the Standard Chemical Company. Later the name of Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland was established, the Saint-Isidore part was chosen to honor Isidore of Seville who was bishop of Seville in 600. The Auckland part of the name was added in 1806 and probably comes from a toponym added by William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland after he was named man of state commissioner in North America in 1778 in order to settle border disputes following American independence. Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland was established canonically in 1904 with the foundation of the catholic parish of Saint-Isidore and was established civilly the year after. The post office was later established in 1911.
the Municipality of Clifton-Partie-Est was named after the village of Clifton in Gloucestershire in 1799. Clifton is now a suburb of Bristol and the name of Bristol's of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. In 1873 the township of Clifton was subdivided into the municipality of the township of Clifton and the municipality of the east part of the township of Clifton (Clifton-Partie-Est).
Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton used to be two separate municipalities of the Municipalité de Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland and the Clifton-Partie-Est until they were merged into the Municipalité de Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton on the 24 December 1997.[2] The name Clifton-Partie-Est is now used to refer to a part of Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton which corresponds to the old territory of Clifton-Partie-Est.[3]
Jean Perron, former trainer of the Montreal Canadiens was born in Saint-Isidore d'Auckland[4] before the merger of the two municipalities.