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Clinton, North Carolina

Clinton, North Carolina
City
Official seal of Clinton, North Carolina
Seal
Clinton, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°0′9″N 78°19′44″W / 35.00250°N 78.32889°W / 35.00250; -78.32889Coordinates: 35°0′9″N 78°19′44″W / 35.00250°N 78.32889°W / 35.00250; -78.32889
Country  United States
State  North Carolina
County Sampson County
Settled 1740
Incorporated 1822
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Mayor Lew Starling
Area
 • Total 7.75 sq mi (20.07 km2)
 • Land 7.75 sq mi (20.07 km2)
 • Water 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation 157 ft (48 m)
Population (2013)
 • Total 8,697
 • Density 1,122/sq mi (433.3/km2)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 28328-28329
Area code(s) 910
FIPS code 37-13240
GNIS feature ID 0983293
Website http://www.cityofclintonnc.com/

Clinton is a city and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population of Clinton is 8,639 according to the 2010 US Census. Clinton is named for Richard Clinton, a Brigadier General of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution.

The first European settlers came to the Clinton area around 1740. The community was originally Clinton Courthouse. There was an earlier incorporated town of Clinton in Matthews County (now Davie County); however, that town folded in 1822 and the Town of Clinton was incorporated in 1822. In 1852, the General Assembly passed several acts to improve regulation of towns, including Clinton. As part of the "Act for the Better Regulation of the Town of Clinton in the County of Sampson," the General Assembly appointed five commissioners: James Moseley, Isaac Boykin, Dr. Henry Bizzel, John Beaman, and Alfred Johnson. The corporate limits of the town at that time extended a half mile each way from the courthouse. The first records of an election were in February 1852 and the first tax rate was $0.50 per $100 valuation of real property. In July 1953, the town officially changed its name to the City of Clinton.

Clinton is the geographic center of the county, and because Sampson County is primarily rural farmland, Clinton developed as the major agricultural marketing center. Clinton is also where future 13th Vice President William R. King, (1786-1853), later of Alabama, under 14th President Franklin Pierce, (1804-1869), of New Hampshire, was born and began his legal career. He died shortly after being separately sworn-in and inaugurated in March 1853 in Havana, Cuba, the only one so done on foreign soil.

Clinton had a minor league baseball team in the Tobacco State League from 1946–50, which was the last stop in the colorful career of Brooklyn Dodgers All-star pitcher Van Lingle Mungo.


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