Editing Clinton, Missouri (section)

==History==
Clinton was laid out in 1836.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_henry.html |title=Henry County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=4 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071131/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_henry.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref>  The city was named for [[New York (state)|New York]] Governor [[DeWitt Clinton]], a key promoter of the [[Erie Canal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20199|title=Profile for Clinton, Missouri|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=2010-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n104 105]}}</ref> A post office called Clinton has been in operation since 1850.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Henry |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=4 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005135729/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Henry |archive-date=5 October 2016 }}</ref> The railroad reached Clinton in 1870, when the Census put the population at 840.<ref name=Lambkin>{{cite web|url=https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mocohist/id/50438/rec/52 |title=History of Henry County, Missouri |publisher=Historical Publishing Company |author=Lamkin, Uel W.|year=1919}}</ref>

Clinton was incorporated as the least-populous type of city in Missouri, a fourth-class city, in 1878. All but one voter voted in favor of incorporation. Resident [[Banton G. Boone]], a Democrat, was Speaker of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], 1875–1877, and [[Missouri Attorney General]], 1885–1889.<ref name=Lambkin/>

Piped water, electricity, and macadam roads were brought in during the 1880s, and a telephone system in the 1890s.<ref name=Lambkin/>

In 1905, Clinton and the rest of Henry County held two separate votes on [[Temperance movement in the United States|prohibition]] of alcohol. Clinton's vote was against prohibition, while the rest of the county voted in favor, creating two separate legal regimes. In 1909, another such local option vote in Clinton gave the same result, against prohibition.<ref name=Lambkin/>

The town square, the focal point of the [[Clinton Square Historic District]], has been the site of various disasters. In 1876, a fire burned down a number of buildings on the square. The cause is believed to have been arson.<ref name=Lambkin/> On June 26, 2006, a building there collapsed while an [[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks|Elks Lodge]] meeting was taking place, leading to the death of the Lodge's leader, Tony Komer. Nine people were pulled from the rubble, while the rest left on their own power.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13565208 Elks building collapses, killing group’s leader]</ref> In the Olde Glory Days parade, which occurred less than one week after the accident, Komer was memorialized and Elk's Lodge members from many parts of Western Missouri marched to show their support for the Clinton Lodge.

In addition to the Historic District overall, the [[Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association Building]], [[William F. and Julia Crome House]], [[Judge Jerubial Gideon Dorman House]], [[Gustave C. Haysler House]], and [[C.C. Williams House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>