Clinton, Tennessee
| Clinton, Tennessee | |
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| City | |
Main Street
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 Location in Anderson County and state of Tennessee. |
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| Coordinates: 36°6′17″N 84°7′43″W / 36.10472°N 84.12861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Anderson |
| Incorporated | 1801 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Scott Burton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.0 sq mi (31.1 km2) |
| • Land | 11.4 sq mi (29.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,841 |
| • Density | 861/sq mi (332.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 37716-37717 |
| Area code(s) | 865 |
| FIPS code | 47-15580 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1305981 |
| Website | www |
Clinton is a city in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 9,841 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Anderson County. Clinton is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Prehistoric Native American habitation was not uncommon throughout the Clinch valley, especially during the Woodland period (1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.) and the Mississippian period (1000–1550 A.D.). A number of such habitation sites were excavated in the 1930s and 1950s in anticipation of the construction of Norris Dam and Melton Hill Dam, respectively. The Melton Hill excavations uncovered two substantial Woodland period villages along the Clinch at Bull Bluff and Freels Bend, both approximately 20 miles (32 km) downstream from Clinton.
By the time Euro-American explorers and long hunters arrived in the Clinch valley in the mid-18th century, what is now Anderson County was part of a vast stretch of land claimed by the Cherokee. Although the Treaty of Holston, signed in 1791, was intended as a negotiation with the Cherokee to prohibit Euro-American settlement of the area including what is today Anderson County, the treaty became ineffective as more settlers moved through the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia and North Carolina into Tennessee. The earliest settlers in Anderson County included the Wallace, Gibbs, Freels, Frost and Tunnell families. The flooding of white settlers into the Indian domain was cause for several skirmishes, which eased after the Treaty of Tellico in 1798 (including an origination point for the land to be relinquished from the Cherokee being the Tellico Blockhouse) allowed for greater ease in settling the area.
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