Clinton, Louisiana
| Clinton, Louisiana | |
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 East Feliciana Courthouse in Clinton
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Louisiana |
| Parish | East Feliciana |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66.1 m) |
| Coordinates | 30°51′47″N 91°00′57″W / 30.86306°N 91.01583°WCoordinates: 30°51′47″N 91°00′57″W / 30.86306°N 91.01583°W |
| Area | 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km2) |
| - land | 2.7 sq mi (7 km2) |
| - water | 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 3.57% |
| Population | 1,653 (2010) |
| Density | 729.0/sq mi (281.5/km2) |
| Mayor | Lori Ann Bell (D) (elected 2012) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Zip Code | 70722 |
| Area code | 225 |
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Clinton is a town in and the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The town was named for New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The population was 1,653 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1824, when Feliciana Parish was split into East and West, Clinton became the seat of East Feliciana Parish's government, replacing the town of Jackson in this capacity.
Several military engagements occurred during the American Civil War which involved Clinton. Union General Benjamin Grierson occupied Clinton on June 7, 1863, one month before the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grierson found the town deserted, as Confederates had withdrawn ten miles to the north. According to the historian John D. Winters in The Civil War in Louisiana (1863), the Union "burned a railroad depot, a warehouse containing several hundred hides, a small supply of corn, a machine shop, a locomotive, a crude woolen mill, a cartridge factory, a supply of ammunition, and several barrels of Louisiana rum."
On September 5, 1864, Union General Albert L. Lee left Baton Rouge to make another raid on Clinton and destroyed a tannery at nearby Greensburg containing two thousand sides of leather. On March 5, 1865, with less than a month remaining in the war, Union General Francis J. Herron moved from Baton Rouge toward Clinton and defeated a weak Confederate force. The Federal cavalry pushed twenty miles north of Clinton to discourage remaining Confederate activity in the area.
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