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Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 23,347 at the 2000 census.

Clinton, founded in 1823 was originally known as Mount Salus. Mount Salus was also the name of the home of Walter Leake, third governor of Mississippi, which was located in Clinton and built in 1812. It is supposedly the first brick house built in the United States. In 1828, the name was changed from Mount Salus to Clinton in honor of Dewitt Clinton, the former governor of New York.

The first road through Mount Salus/Clinton was the Natchez Trace. Currently Clinton has 3 major highways that cut through the city, U.S. Highway 80, U.S. Interstate 20 and the Natchez Trace Parkway.

Mississippi College, which is located in Clinton, is the oldest college in the state of Mississippi, founded January 24, 1826. It was also the first coeducational college in the United States to grant a degree to a woman.

Confederate forces, as well as Union troops--both under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and General Sherman--briefly occupied Clinton during the U.S. Civil War on the way to the Battle of Vicksburg in May 1863.