Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Sampson
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Lew Starling
- Total
- 7.66 sq mi (19.85 km )
- Land
- 7.63 sq mi (19.76 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 154 ft (47 m)
- Density
- 1,098.7/sq mi (424.21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 28328-28329
- Area codes
- 910, 472
- Fips code
- 37-13240
- Website
- cityofclintonnc .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Clinton ( locally /ˈklɪnən/ KLIN-ən, /ˈklɪntən/ KLINT-ən) is a city in and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,383. Clinton is named for Richard Clinton, a Brigadier General of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clinton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.