Back in the late 1700s, Clinton was called Hunt’s Mill after the Hunt family. The two mills located in Clinton Borough have a long history reaching back to the time when agriculture and early industries relied on the water power supplied by the river. According to the 2010 census, the town of Clinton has just over 2,700 residents and Clinton Township has a population of about 13,740. Today, the circa 1810 Red Mill houses the Hunterdon Historical Museum while the Stone Mill, built in 1836, is home to the Hunterdon Art Museum.Ĭlinton borders High Bridge and the Townships of Franklin, Union, Lebanon, Readington, Raritan and Tewksbury. The Red Mill and the Stone Mill are located on opposite sides of an 1870 truss bridge crossing over the South Branch of the Raritan River and a flowing waterfall. The most famous sites in the borough are two 19th century industrial mills. Its Main Street is lined with cherry trees which burst into pale pink blooms each spring. The smaller Clinton Borough is a delightful one-square-mile village filled with shops, cafes, restaurants, art galleries and museums. Clinton Township encompasses 39 square miles of picturesque rural scenery and rolling hillsides in northern Hunterdon County.
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