๐บ๐ธ Clinton is a city and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. Clinton is named for Richard Clinton, a Brigadier General of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution. Clinton is the geographic centre of the county, and because Sampson County is primarily rural farmland, Clinton developed as the major agricultural marketing centre.
History The first settlers came to the Clinton area around 1740. The community was originally known as Clinton Courthouse. There was an earlier incorporated town of Clinton elsewhere in the state; however, that town folded in 1822 and Clinton was incorporated as a town in the same year. 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 became a city.
Clinton is the geographic centre 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 was inaugurated in March 1853 in Havana, Cuba, the only American executive official to be sworn in on foreign soil. He died shortly after being separately sworn in.
Clinton had a minor league baseball team in the Tobacco State League from 1946 to 1950, which was the last stop in the colorful career of Brooklyn Dodgers All-star pitcher Van Lingle Mungo.
The Bethune-Powell Buildings, Gen. Thomas Boykin House, Clinton Commercial Historic District, Clinton Depot, College Street Historic District, Graves-Stewart House, Robert Herring House, Johnson Building, Marcheston Killett Farm, Livingston Oates Farm, Patrick-Carr-Herring House, Pigford House, Pope House, Francis Pugh House, Pugh-Boykin House, Royal-Crumpler-Parker House, and West Main-North Chesnutt Streets Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clinton has a population of over 8,639 people. Clinton also forms the centre of the wider Sampson County which has a population of over 59,120 people.
๐บ๐ธ Collierville 35.033
๐ฐ๐ท Muan County 34.991
๐บ๐ธ Union County 34.988
๐ฒ๐ฆ Ksar El Kebir 34.983
๐ฒ๐ฆ El-Ksar el-Kebir 34.983
๐จ๐ฆ Peterborough -78.24
๐บ๐ธ Winchester -78.167
๐ฏ๐ฒ Savanna-la-Mar -78.133
๐บ๐ธ Martinsburg -77.983
๐ฏ๐ฒ Montego Bay -77.919
Locations Near: Clinton -78.3226,34.996
๐บ๐ธ Dunn -78.6,35.3 d: 42.2
๐บ๐ธ Fayetteville -78.893,35.045 d: 52.2
๐บ๐ธ Lumberton -79.017,34.617 d: 76.1
๐บ๐ธ Wilson -77.917,35.717 d: 88.2
๐บ๐ธ Raleigh -78.643,35.778 d: 91.7
๐บ๐ธ Apex -78.833,35.717 d: 92.6
๐บ๐ธ Wilmington -77.883,34.2 d: 97.2
๐บ๐ธ Cary -78.781,35.792 d: 97.7
๐บ๐ธ Jacksonville -77.425,34.756 d: 86.1
Antipodal to: Clinton 101.677,-34.996
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18718.4
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18689.4
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18681.6
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18667.8
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18659.9
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18655.9
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18658.4
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18646.2