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Clinton is the county seat of Henry County in west-central Missouri, laid out in 1836 when the county's seat of justice was placed on the site.

The city was named for DeWitt Clinton, the New York governor famous as the great promoter of the Erie Canal.

Clinton's post office has been in continuous operation since 1850.

The 2020 census counted 9,174 residents in Clinton, and Census Bureau figures put the city at roughly 4,000 households — about 40% of all the people in Henry County live in Clinton.

Clinton is the western terminus of the Katy Trail, the celebrated rail trail built on the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas ('Katy') Railroad and one of the longest rail trails in the United States.

The Katy rail line between Clinton and Sedalia was abandoned in 1989 and converted into the trail, while the old Katy line south from Clinton toward Nevada, Missouri still carries trains.

Clinton sits near Truman Lake, the large reservoir on the Osage River that draws anglers and boaters from across the region.

Downtown Clinton preserves the Clinton Square Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with landmarks like the old Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association Building.

The city covers about 9.26 square miles and grew into a regional trading hub for the surrounding farm country after the railroad arrived in the late 19th century.