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Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, and with a population of 28,100 at the 2020 census it was the tenth most populous city in the state.

The 2020 census counted 9,047 households and 6,187 families in Clinton.

Clinton was founded in 1823 and was originally known as Mount Salus, meaning Mountain of health, after settlement began in 1805 at the junction of the Natchez Trace and the Old Vicksburg Road.

Mississippi Governor Walter Leake purchased land in the area to build his home, and Mount Salus was under consideration to become the capital of the newly formed state of Mississippi in 1828, the same year Clinton received its charter as a city.

During the 1830s Clinton experienced a building boom that made it the third-largest city in Mississippi, surpassed only by the Mississippi River port cities of Natchez and Vicksburg.

Mississippi College, a Christian university located in Clinton, is the oldest college in the state of Mississippi, founded on January 24, 1826, as Hampstead Academy, the second male college in the state after Jefferson College.

Mississippi College is the second oldest Baptist university in the world, and it was the first coeducational college in the United States to grant a degree to a woman.

Clinton's population grew from 25,216 at the 2010 census to 28,100 at the 2020 census.

Clinton will mark its bicentennial in 2028, counting from its 1828 city charter.

Clinton's ZIP codes are 39058 and 39056.