Claypole is an Argentine city located in the southern part of the
Almirante Brown Partido
Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates .
It has an area of and 555,731 inhabitants (), and its capital is Adrogué.
Name
The partido is n ...
,
Buenos Aires Province
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with a population of 41,176 ().
History

The lands were purchased by the
Franciscan
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Congregation to establish a farm and provide produce to their
convent
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The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
in
Buenos Aires
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, and after a few years it was purchased by the Obligado family. Julia Obligado, by then married to Pedro Claypole, donated the land for the local train station in 1876 upon the announcement of plans for a
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) () was one of the ''Big Four'' Indian gauge, broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the f ...
line in the area. The station was thus named for Pedro Claypole, and the arrival of the first train on April 15, 1884, became the establishment date of the town itself.
The town's first school, ''
Ejército de los Andes
The Army of the Andes () was a military force created by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina) and assembled by General José de San Martín as part of his campaign to liberate Chile from the Spanish Empire. In 1817, it crossed ...
'', was opened in 1906 at the home of a Mrs. Hebbel, later operated at the home of the Baile family. The ''Pequeño Cottolengo Argentino de Don Orione'' school opened in 1935, transforming the previous school into a Christian center for the needy.
Furst-Zapiola, a prominent local
realty
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, later donated lots for local institutions such as School Nº 10, the Police Station, the Local Development Society, the Post Office, and City Delegation Hall. The ''Centro Tradicionalista Viejo Gaucho'', a society for the promotion of
gaucho
A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, and the south of Chilean Patago ...
traditions, was established in 1991 in Claypole by Antonio Marcatario.
Sports
The city is the site of
Club Atlético Claypole which plays at the fourth level league
Primera C
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of Argentine
football
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.
Notable people
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Sergio Martínez (born 21 February 1975), world middleweight champion
External links
Municipal website
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Almirante Brown Partido
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1884
Cities in Argentina
1884 establishments in Argentina