CLINTON, a city of Vermilion county, Indiana, U.S.A., on the Wabash river, 15m. N. of Terre Haute and 8m. E. of the Illinois State line. It is 1 m. from Federal highway 41, and is served by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway. In 1900 the population was 2,918; in 192o, 10,962; in 1930 it was 7,936. Clinton is in a farming and coal-mining region, and has varied manufactures, including mining and agricultural machinery, meat and dairy products, sauces and relishes, vaults and other articles of cement, flour, overalls, furniture, and blasting powder. The assessed valuation of property in 1926 was $7,166,899. The county hospital is located there. Clinton was incorporated as a city in 1893.