Editing Clinton County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Clinton County was formed on February 20, 1835, from portions of Cumberland and Wayne counties. It was named for [[DeWitt Clinton]], [[governor of New York]] and driving force behind the [[Erie Canal]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n115 34]}}</ref> 

Courthouse fires in 1864 ([[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] guerrillas) and 1980 resulted in the destruction of county records, but in the latter case, local volunteers' assistance successfully preserved almost all records.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAVlVS29NKIC&q=%22bell+county%22+1914+1918+1976&pg=PA219 | title=Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research | publisher=Ancestry Publishing | date=1992 | access-date=July 26, 2013 | author=Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth | pages=219| isbn=9780916489496 }}</ref>