Clinton County, Missouri

Clinton County
Clinton County
County
	Statue of "President for a Day" David Rice Atchison at the Clinton County Courthouse.
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 39°36′N 94°24′W / 39.6°N 94.4°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 2, 1833
Named for	DeWitt Clinton
Seat	Plattsburg
Largest city	Cameron
Area
• Total	423 sq mi (1,100 km2)
• Land	419 sq mi (1,090 km2)
• Water	4.5 sq mi (12 km2) 1.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	21,184
• Density	50/sq mi (19/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th
Website	www.clintoncomo.org

Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.^[1] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 21,184.^[2] Its county seat is Plattsburg.^[3] The county was organized January 2, 1833, and named for Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York.^[4]^[5] The county seat of Plattsburg derives its name from a town of a similar name that is the county seat of Clinton County, New York, which was also named for the Governor.

^ "MARC - Mid-America Regional Council - Regional Planning for Greater Kansas City". www.marc.org. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ "Clinton County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 277.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 85.