Clinton, South Carolina Clinton, South Carolina Location of Clinton, South Carolina Location of Clinton, South Carolina Country United States United States State South Carolina South Carolina Clinton is a town/city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.
Clinton is the home of Presbyterian College.
Clinton was first settled by Scots-Irish immigrants two decades before the American Revolutionary War.
It incorporated as a town in 1852, and was titled after Henry Clinton Young, a lawyer from Laurens, who helped lay out the first streets.
The Clinton Commercial Historic District, Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, and Thornwell-Presbyterian College Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.1 square miles (24 km2), of which, 9.1 square miles (24 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.55%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 19.0% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,620, and the median income for a family was $31,842.
About 21.5% of families and 23.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.3% of those under age 18 and 17.0% of those age 65 or over.
See also: Presbyterian College and Clinton High School (South Carolina) South Carolina School District 56 covers the southern part of Laurens County, including the town of Clinton.
Eastside Elementary, Clinton Elementary, Joanna-Woodson Elementary, Clinton Middle School, and Clinton High School serve the town's students.
Both Clinton Middle School (formerly Bell Street Middle School) and Clinton High School have attained statewide and nationwide attention for their Science Olympiad programs, with the middle school winning 16 of the 31 South Carolina Science Olympiad Division B competitions, winning two in 1986-1987 and all fourteen competitions since 2003.
Clinton is also home of Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage.
Both establishments were established by Presbyterian minister and philanthropist William Plumer Jacobs while he was Minister at First Presbyterian Church of Clinton.
The town also hosts the Laurens County Community Access Channel, ACCESS 15, a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channel which broadcasts news, sports, and shows of small-town interest on Charter Cable channel 15.
According to Clinton's official website, the town/city "operates under the council manager form of government".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
City of Clinton ACCESS 15, Laurens County Community Access Channel Municipalities and communities of Laurens County, South Carolina, United States State of South Carolina
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