A village (later Clinton area) was platted by John L. V.

The evidence

• “Mathias Gundel and wife, but about that time emigration to the new settlement almost ceased. The village was platted on April 16, 1856, by John L. V.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 668 / book p. 672

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “In 1844, Mr. Joseph Hohensheldt, who had settled here, located this village, which was not plotted till April 16, 1856, by John L. V.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/31-smaller-cities-villages-towns.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 163 / book p. 670

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent