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Clinton is a city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,490 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Greenville - Mauldin - Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clinton is the home of Presbyterian College.HistoryClinton was first settled by Scots-Irish immigrants two decades before the American Revolutionary War. It incorporated as a town in 1852, and was named 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.GeographyClinton is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.1sqmi, of which 9.1sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi is water.