Clinton, Mississippi
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 20 ′ N , 90 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Mississippi | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | US MS | ||
| height | 110 m | ||
| surface | 109 km² | ||
| Residents | 25,216 ( 2010 ) | ||
| density | 231.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1823 | ||
| Website | www.clintonms.org | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Phil Fisher | ||
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Clinton is a place in Hinds County in the US state Mississippi , about ten kilometers northwest of the capital Jackson . Clinton is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area . At the 2010 census , the city had 25,216 inhabitants, and the number is rising; since 2000 the population has grown by around 8.8%.
The place was founded in 1823 under the name Mount Salus ( salus is Latin for "health"). It was named after the Walter Leakes plantation , the third governor of Mississippi, built in 1812 and located on the area. 1828, the city was in honor of DeWitt Clinton , the governor of the State of New York, Clinton renamed.
From 1995 to 2002, LDDS WorldCom (now MCI WorldCom ) was based in Clinton.
Republican Phil Fisher is currently the city's mayor.
Clinton is home to Mississippi College, founded in 1826, and Clinton High School .
The site also has an amateur soccer team, Mississippi Brilla , that plays in the Premier Development League .
Nelson Hall , Mississippi College building
Personalities
- Walter Leake (1762-1825), politician, governor of Mississippi
- Charles Hillman Brough (1876–1935), politician, governor of Arkansas
- William Joel Blass (1917–2012), politician and lawyer
- Barry Hannah (1942–2010), literary scholar and writer
- James E. Graves Jr. (born 1953), judge
- Ted DiBiase (born 1954), wrestler
- Leon Seals (born 1964), football player
- Keith Carlock (* 1971), jazz and fusion drummer
- Jerod Ward (born 1976), basketball player
- Shelly Fairchild (born 1977), country singer
- Lance Bass (* 1979), singer, actor and film producer
- Jenna Edwards (* 1982), model, former Miss Florida
- Ted DiBiase junior (born 1982), wrestler
- Meredith Edwards (born 1984), country singer
- Taryn Foshee (* 1985), model, former Miss Mississippi
- Crystal Renn (* 1986), model
- Kellen Gulley (born 1994), football player
literature
- Chad Chisholm: Clinton 1940-1980 . Arcadia Publishing, 2008 (on Google Books )
Web links
- The city's website ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clinton, Mississippi , on city-data.com (English). Retrieved June 13, 2017.