On West Main Street (U.S. 1) at Hull Street (Connecticut Route 81), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
On this approximate location
Abel Buell
had his goldsmith shop from
1763 - 1769
Inventor, artist, engraver,
cartographer, engineer, pattern maker, lapidary,
silversmith, die cutter, type founder,
and master of many trades. . . . — — Map (db m269315) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Morgan Park, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
In Honor of
The Good and Learned
Abraham Pierson
First President
of
Yale College 1701-1707
Pastor of Killingworth Church
Now Clinton 1694-1707
The Time of His Death
Beloved and Regretted
By All.
( east side )
Erected By . . . — — Map (db m100188) HM
On E Main St (U.S. 1) at Commerce St, on the right when traveling north on E Main St.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, Corryton, Tennessee
U.S. Navy, Hospital Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, Berlin Heights, Ohio
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Darin T Hoover, 31, Salt Lake City, Utah
U.S. Marine Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, . . . — — Map (db m260539) WM
On Old Post Road (Connecticut Route 145) north of Carriage Drive, on the right when traveling north.
"This monument is to honor all Veterans and their families who put their country first so that today everyone can enjoy freedom, liberty and democracy." — — Map (db m253095) WM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Settled in 1663 and then known as Homonoscitt Plantation, this shoreline and rural community soon thereafter was given the name Kenilworth and later Killingworth. In 1735 the First and Second Ecclesiastical Societies were established being the . . . — — Map (db m100158) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Liberty Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Erected by
The Women’s Relief Corps
and the citizens of Clinton
in memory of the soldiers
and sailors who fought
to preserve the Union.
1861 – 1865
For the dead a tribute,
for the living a memory,
for posterity an emblem
of . . . — — Map (db m100190) WM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) just west of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west.
In honor of the founding of the Homenossitt Plantation which grew and prospered and became the Town of Clinton.
The week of July 28 - August 4, 1963 was set set aside for a townewide celebration embracing the many events of Clinton's . . . — — Map (db m227289) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
The People Of Clinton Honor Those Who Served Their Country
These Are They That Gave
Their Lives · · That Men
Might Live In Freedom
World War I
Kozlik, Henry · Stevens, Giles F. · Hilliard, Howard G.
World War II
Burnes, Edward J. · Jones, . . . — — Map (db m100159) WM
Near Waterside Lane south of Old Harbor Village, on the right when traveling south.
The Great Hammock Salt Marsh and Clinton Harbor
The Town of Clinton, originally a part of Killingworth, was settled in 1663 by families, many of whose descendants still live here. Those first settlers found much evidence of Native American . . . — — Map (db m245079) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Dedicated to all of the men and women
Who gave their lives
For our country
Beneath this plaque are the ashes from
600 retired American Flags
More than 500 of these flags served in
the “Field of Flags”, each one . . . — — Map (db m100186) WM
Near Osprey Commons South east of Beach Park Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Work of the Salt Marsh
You are standing at the edge of an ancient marsh, above layers of peat forty feet deep. Once an inland freshwater lake, the Hammock estuary is now flooded twice daily by nutrient-rich salt tides.
Tidal salt . . . — — Map (db m272470) HM
On Main Street at North Main Street ( Route 602), on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Originally part of the Saybrook colony, the area now known as Ivoryton was annexed with the newly formed Essex in 1859. Thought of as the “wild country,” it soon developed into a prosperous manufacturing village. In the late 1700’s Phineas Pratt . . . — — Map (db m100239) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) just east of Waterside Lane, on the right when traveling west.
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette, traveling on the Post Road, was welcomed with military and civil honors in Killingworth, now Clinton. — — Map (db m245608) HM
On Cow Hill Road at Airline Road, on the right when traveling south on Cow Hill Road.
The American Liberty elm was named after "The Liberty Tree": Our Country's First Symbol of Freedom. On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the hated Stamp . . . — — Map (db m264943) HM WM
On E Main Street (U.S. 1) at Church Road, on the right when traveling east on E Main Street.
This replica of the milestone placed here in the mid 1700s marks 25 miles to New Haven. Benjamin Franklin, then Colonial Postmaster General, determined the sites of these markers along the Post Road connecting New York and Boston.
Clinton . . . — — Map (db m242980) HM
Near East Main Street (U.S. 1) at Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east.
You are standing beside the Indian River in the heart of the 1663 settlement of Killingworth, sited on its protective harbor. In 1838, the shoreline portion parted from northern Killingworth and became Clinton.
Shipbuilding
The first . . . — — Map (db m100187) HM
(frontside)
Tomb Of
The Unknown
Soldier
Erected By The Townspeople Of Clinton In Memory Of Those Who Died In The Service Of Their Country And Whose Identity Was Never Established
Memorial Day 1978
(backside)
Tomb Of
The . . . — — Map (db m260494) WM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) just west of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west.
1. Congregational Church
This Classic Rivival sanctuary dates from 1837 and is the fourth church building to have been located on Meeting House Hill. In front of the church stands in the monument honoring Abraham Pierson and the . . . — — Map (db m227288) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) just east of Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east.
1. Indian River
At the center of the Colonial settlement, this stream winds south through salt marshes to the harbor. Shipyards stood on its banks in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bridge dates from the 1876, replacing an an earlier . . . — — Map (db m227290) HM
Near Waterside Lane south of Old Harbor Village, on the right when traveling south.
Clinton's Defense Against the British
During the War of 1812, Clinton, then called Killingworth, was under the threat of attack from the British. There were shipyards located on both the Indian River and in the harbor, and the British had . . . — — Map (db m243716) HM
On East Main Stre (U.S. 1) at Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling east on East Main Stre.
The Earliest Senior Classes Of
Yale College
Were Taught Near This Spot By
Rector Abraham Pierson
1701 to 1707
( inscribed around the top )
I Give These Books For Founding A College
( back )
In Memoriam
Abraham Pierson . . . — — Map (db m100160) HM
