Blood & Biohazard Cleanup Near Downtown Clint Clint, TX

Clint, also known as Collinsburgh, was named for early settler Mary Clinton Collins, after the San Elizario Corporation sold the townsite to J. A. Cole, who sold it to her husband Thomas M. Collins in 1883.

Clint's post office was established in 1886, and for several years the settlement was identified as the San Elizario station on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway.

The Clint townsite was formally laid out in 1909, and the town grew into an agricultural center in the Rio Grande valley southeast of El Paso, known for fruit growing and alfalfa.

By 1914 Clint's estimated 400 residents supported three churches, two banks, a newspaper, and a tomato cannery.

The 2020 census counted 923 people, 244 households, and 168 families in Clint.

About 87 percent of Clint's residents were Hispanic or Latino in the 2020 census.

Clint is served by the Clint Independent School District, and Clint High School, Clint Junior High School, Surratt Elementary School, and Clint Early College High School are all located in the town.

Clint sits on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the intersection of State Highway 20 and Farm Road 1110, 16 miles southeast of downtown El Paso, observes Mountain Time, and is part of the El Paso metropolitan area.

In 2019 Clint drew national attention when approximately 250 unaccompanied migrant children were held at a U.S. Border Patrol facility near the town.