Editing Clanton, Alabama

{{Short description|City in and county seat of Chilton County, Alabama}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Clanton
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|motto                    = "A good place to visit...a better place to live!"
|image_skyline            = Clanton, Alabama.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Downtown Clanton
|image_flag               = Flag of Clanton, Alabama.png
|image_seal               = Seal of Clanton, Alabama.png
|image_map                = File:Chilton County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clanton Highlighted 0115136.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Clanton in Chilton County, Alabama.
|image_map1               = 
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| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 1866
| established_title1      = Incorporated
| established_date1       = April 23, 1873
| named_for               = General James H. Clanton<ref name=owen/>
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton]]
|government_type          = Council/Mayor
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = ''Jeff Mims''
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 23.24
|area_land_sq_mi          = 23.10
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.14
|elevation_ft             = 600
|elevation_m              = 183
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="QF2020">{{Cite web |date=December 2020 |title=PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=United%20States&g=010XX00US_040XX00US01_050XX00US01021_060XX00US0102190603&y=2020&d=DEC%20Demographic%20Profile |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=US Census Data Website}}</ref>
|population_total         = 8768
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|50|23|N|86|37|41|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 35045-35046
|area_code                = [[Area codes 205 and 659|205, 659]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-15136
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0157918
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.clantonal.gov/}}
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 14545
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 60.18
|area_land_km2 = 59.83
|area_water_km2 = 0.36
}}

'''Clanton''' is a city in [[Chilton County, Alabama]], United States. It is part of the [[Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area]]. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was {{formatnum:8768}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clanton City, Alabama - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Clanton_city,_Alabama?g=160XX00US0115136 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The city is the [[county seat]] of Chilton County. Clanton is near the site of the geographic center of the U.S. state of Alabama.

==History==
The area that would become Clanton was known as "Goose Pond" and nearby "Ranch" when Baker County (later renamed [[Chilton County]]) was founded on December 30, 1868. Soon thereafter (May 1871) the town of Clanton took its name from the South and North Alabama Railroad station of that name. A couple of actions solidified the name of the town. First, during the Alabama Legislative actions to allow the vote to set the permanent location of the courthouse (January - March 1871), their amendments changed the nominated name from "Baker's" to "Clanton."  Finalizing the name change was an official application in May 1871 by the Postmaster to the Federal Postal System to re-designate the local Post Office as "Clanton" and terminate the former designation (Goose Pond). The railroad had named "Clanton Station" in honor of [[James Holt Clanton|James H. Clanton]], an attorney, Chairman of the Alabama Democratic Executive committee, and a former [[General officers in the Confederate States Army|Brigadier General]] in the [[Confederate States Army]]. It was incorporated on April 23, 1873. Alfred Baker was also elected first mayor of the town.<ref name=owen>{{Cite book | last = Owen | first = Thomas McAdory|author2=Marie Bankhead Owen | title = History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography | publisher = The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | year = 1921 | location = Harvard University | pages = 716 | url =https://archive.org/details/historyalabamaa03owengoog}}</ref>

Nearby Mitchell Dam became Alabama Power's first two dams in the state, bringing economic improvements to the area. Immigrants played a part in starting the county's peach industry more than a century ago. Today, the peach industry is the number one industry in Chilton County, not only bringing fame to the county, but also millions of dollars to the local economy. The city of Clanton constructed a water tower in the form of a peach in 1993, becoming a landmark for travelers along Interstate 65.<ref name="boonenewspapers.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.boonenewspapers.com/community/clanton2.shtml |title=The Community |newspaper=The Clanton Advertiser |publisher=[[Boone Newspapers]]|access-date=March 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623201030/http://www.boonenewspapers.com/community/clanton2.shtml |archive-date=June 23, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Early [[Civil rights movement (1896–1954)|civil rights]] activist [[Ida B. Wells]] reproduced a photographic postcard depicting an 1891 [[lynching]] in Clanton to educate the white public of the atrocities committed against blacks.<ref>
{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=Amy Louise
 |title=Lynching and spectacle: witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txZ8PZRsk0YC
 |access-date=June 22, 2010 |year=2009  |publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]] |isbn=978-0-8078-3254-7 |page=186
|lccn=2008045194}}
</ref>

During [[World War II]], a small [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[prisoner of war]] camp was located in Clanton<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia | last = Hutchinson | first = Daniel | title = World War II POW Camps in Alabama | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Alabama | date = October 6, 2009 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1418 | access-date = January 13, 2010 | archive-date = June 13, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613225919/http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1418 | url-status = dead }}</ref> in the former [[Civilian Conservation Corps|Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)]] camp west of town.

==Geography==
Clanton is located southeast of the center of Chilton County.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The city is located in the central part of the state along [[Interstate 65 in Alabama|Interstate 65]], which runs north to south to the east of the city, with access from exits 205, 208, and 212. Via I-65, [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] is {{convert|53|mi|km|abbr=on}} north, and [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]] is {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=on}} southeast. Other highways that run through the city include [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|U.S. Route 31]], which runs north to south through the center of the city, leading north {{convert|22|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Calera, Alabama|Calera]] and south {{convert|31|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Prattville, Alabama|Prattville]], and [[Alabama State Route 22]], which leads east {{convert|29|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Rockford, Alabama|Rockford]] and west {{convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Maplesville, Alabama|Maplesville]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|57.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|56.8|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.62%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0115136| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162137/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0115136| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Clanton city, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=June 4, 2014}}</ref>

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Clanton has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated ''Cfa'' on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=89737&cityname=Clanton,+Alabama,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Clanton, Alabama Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Clanton, Alabama, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 93
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 110
|Oct record high F = 103
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 80

|Jan avg record high F = 72.0
|Feb avg record high F = 75.7
|Mar avg record high F = 82.5
|Apr avg record high F = 85.7
|May avg record high F = 90.3
|Jun avg record high F = 94.5
|Jul avg record high F = 96.6
|Aug avg record high F = 96.2
|Sep avg record high F = 93.3
|Oct avg record high F = 86.5
|Nov avg record high F = 78.8
|Dec avg record high F = 72.9
|year avg record high F = 98.0

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =55.6
| Feb high F  =60.3
| Mar high F  =68.6
| Apr high F  =75.8
| May high F  =82.9
| Jun high F  =88.4
| Jul high F  =90.7
| Aug high F  =90.4
| Sep high F  =86.3
| Oct high F  =76.2
| Nov high F  =65.4
| Dec high F  =57.5
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =44.5
| Feb mean F  =48.4
| Mar mean F  =55.7
| Apr mean F  =62.6
| May mean F  =70.8
| Jun mean F  =77.4
| Jul mean F  =80.3
| Aug mean F  =79.6
| Sep mean F  =74.8
| Oct mean F  =63.9
| Nov mean F  =53.1
| Dec mean F  =46.7
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =33.4
| Feb low F  =36.5
| Mar low F  =42.8
| Apr low F  =49.5
| May low F  =58.6
| Jun low F  =66.4
| Jul low F  =69.9
| Aug low F  =68.8
| Sep low F  =63.3
| Oct low F  =51.6
| Nov low F  =40.9
| Dec low F  =35.9

|Jan avg record low F = 16.5
|Feb avg record low F = 20.6
|Mar avg record low F = 25.9
|Apr avg record low F = 33.7
|May avg record low F = 43.7
|Jun avg record low F = 56.0
|Jul avg record low F = 63.0
|Aug avg record low F = 61.1
|Sep avg record low F = 50.3
|Oct avg record low F = 35.8
|Nov avg record low F = 26.1
|Dec avg record low F = 20.9
|year avg record low F = 14.1

|Jan record low F = -4
|Feb record low F = -9
|Mar record low F = 10
|Apr record low F = 26
|May record low F = 33
|Jun record low F = 42
|Jul record low F = 53
|Aug record low F = 51
|Sep record low F = 36
|Oct record low F = 24
|Nov record low F = 8
|Dec record low F = 2

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =5.85
| Feb precipitation inch  =5.79
| Mar precipitation inch  =6.04
| Apr precipitation inch  =5.53
| May precipitation inch  =4.37
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.21
| Jul precipitation inch  =5.38
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.17
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.70
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.44
| Nov precipitation inch  =4.67
| Dec precipitation inch  =5.76

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.1
|Feb precipitation days = 10.0
|Mar precipitation days = 9.1
|Apr precipitation days = 8.1
|May precipitation days = 8.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.5
|Jul precipitation days = 11.9
|Aug precipitation days = 9.3
|Sep precipitation days = 7.1
|Oct precipitation days = 6.9
|Nov precipitation days = 7.7
|Dec precipitation days = 9.7

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =0.0
| Feb snow inch  =0.0
| Mar snow inch  =0.5
| Apr snow inch  =0.0
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.0
| Nov snow inch  =0.0
| Dec snow inch  =0.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0
|year snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00011694&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Clanton, AL
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bmx
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Birmingham
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 623
|1900= 611
|1910= 1123
|1920= 1411
|1930= 1847
|1940= 3982
|1950= 4640
|1960= 5683
|1970= 5868
|1980= 5832
|1990= 7669
|2000= 7800
|2010= 8619
|2020= 14545
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br />2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref> 2020<ref name="QF2020"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Clanton racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0115136&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|6,132
|69.94%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,620
|18.48%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|25
|0.29%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|84
|0.96%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|332
|3.79%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|573
|6.54%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,768 people and 3,882 households in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,800 people, 3,168 households, and 2,128 families residing in the city.<ref name=2000census>{{Cite web | title = Fact Sheet-Clanton city, Alabama | work = American Fact Finder | publisher = United States Census Bureau | url = http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=clanton&_cityTown=clanton&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y | access-date = January 13, 2010 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212051312/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=clanton&_cityTown=clanton&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&show_2003_tab=&redirect=Y | archive-date = February 12, 2020 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|383.8|PD/sqmi}}. There were 3,510 housing units at an average density of {{convert|172.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the city was 46.31% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 46.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.29% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.29% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.74% from two or more races. 2.64% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name=2000census/>

There were 3,168 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93.<ref name=2000census/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.6 males.<ref name=2000census/>

The median income for a household in the city was $30,394, and the median income for a family was $37,568. Males had a median income of $32,484 versus $20,344 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,299. About 15.1% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=2000census/>

==Economy==
Over 80% of Alabama's [[peach]] crop comes from Chilton County.<ref name=alabama>{{Cite encyclopedia | last = Hoskins Morton | first = Patricia | title = Chilton County | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Alabama | date = December 10, 2009 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1307 | access-date = January 13, 2010 | archive-date = June 21, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621144255/http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1307 | url-status = dead }}</ref>  Perhaps Clanton's most recognizable landmark is its peach-shaped water tower, which celebrates the community's agricultural significance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peaches pack prosperity potential for central Alabama's Chilton County|url=http://yellowhammernews.com/business-2/peaches-pack-prosperity-potential-for-central-alabamas-chilton-county/|website=Yellowhammer News|date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref>

The City of Clanton has a jurisdiction of approximately 30 square miles and over 30,000 people travel through Clanton every day.<ref name="clantonpd.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.clantonpd.org/history.html|title=History|website=www.clantonpd.org}}</ref>

One of the biggest events each year in Chilton County is the annual Peach Festival held in June. The festival, held in Clanton, crowns a new Peach Queen each year and also includes a Peach Parade and the Peach Jam Jubilee, a music concert and street fair.<ref name="boonenewspapers.com"/>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Patrol Unit.jpg|thumb|upright|Clanton peach water tower and police car]]

Clanton has hosted the annual Chilton County Peach Festival since 1952.<ref name=alabama/>

The Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center is a multi-purpose facility adjacent to the Jefferson State Community College–Clanton campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffstateonline.com/locations/clanton/ccpac/ |title=Conference & Performing Arts Center |access-date=October 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025053838/http://www.jeffstateonline.com/locations/clanton/ccpac/ |archive-date=October 25, 2014 }}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
Clanton Parks and recreations facilities include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clanton.al.us/city_parks.php|title=Welcome to the City of Clanton, Alabama|website=www.clanton.al.us}}</ref>
* Clanton City Park & City Pool
* Corner Park
* E.M. Henry Skills Center & Pool
* Goosepond Park
* Ollie Park
* Clanton Recreation Center

==Government==
Clanton is governed via the mayor-council system. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The city council consists of five members elected from one of five wards.

Billy Joe Driver served as mayor for more than 35 years, from 1984 until July 9, 2020, when he died from [[COVID-19]]. He was 84 years old. He had planned to retire in January 2021.<ref>[https://www.wvtm13.com/article/clanton-mayor-billy-joe-driver-dies-after-battle-with-coronavirus/33265884 Clanton Mayor Billy Joe Driver dies after battle with coronavirus]</ref>

==Education==
The Chilton County School System provides public education for Clanton. Students in Clanton may attend any public school in Chilton County.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education Opportunities |work=City of Clanton |url=http://www.clanton.al.us/education.html |access-date=January 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404022317/http://www.clanton.al.us/education.html |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}</ref> Schools include:
*[[Chilton County High School]]
*LeCroy Technical Center
*Clanton Middle School
*Clanton Intermediate School
*Clanton Elementary School

Jefferson State Community College - Chilton-Clanton Campus is located here.

==Media==

===Newspaper===
*''The Clanton Advertiser'' (daily)
*''Chilton County News'' (weekly)

===Radio===
*WKLF - Southern Gospel 95.5FM & 1000AM 5am to 5pm, 95.5 FM "The Peach" 5 Decades Of Rock and Roll Oldies (5os, 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s) 5pm to 5am, wklfradio.com and thepeach.live online. 
*WPJN - Praise 89.3FM, Contemporary Gospel

==Infrastructure==
[[Chilton County Airport]],  also known as Gragg-Wade Field, is a public use airport located east of Clanton.<ref>[[Chilton County Airport]]</ref>

Chilton County Transit provides [[dial-a-ride]] bus transit service to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chiltoncounty.org/chilton-county-transit/|title=Chilton County Transit|access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref>

Clanton has a 30-bed hospital with 24-hour emergency care.<ref name="boonenewspapers.com"/>

==Notable people==
* [[Randall Atcheson]], concert [[pianist]]<ref name="CA_11172010">''Staff Reports, Atcheson plays 10th Carnegie Hall concert'', November 17, 2010, "[http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/2010/11/17/atcheson-plays-10th-carnegie-hall-concert/ The Clanton Advertiser]", Retrieved November 18, 2010</ref>
* [[James Bean]], former member of the [[Mississippi State Senate]]
* [[Clay Carroll]], [[Major League Baseball]] player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">{{cite book |editor= Reichler, Joseph L. |title= The Baseball Encyclopedia |orig-year= 1969 |edition= 4th |year= 1979 |publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York |isbn= 0-02-578970-8 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic }}</ref>
* [[Wesley Dennis (singer)|Wesley Dennis]], [[country music]] artist
* [[Amariah Farrow]], former professional football player
* [[Demarcus Riddick]], 4-star linebacker for Auburn University
* [[Jackie Hayes (second baseman)|Jackie Hayes]], major league baseball player<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia"/>
* [[Jackson W. Moore]], former CEO of [[Union Planters Bank]] and [[Regions Financial Corporation]]
* [[Clarence H. Mullins]], judge for the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama]] from 1943 to 1957
* [[Melinda Mullins]], actress
* [[Jarrod Patterson]], major league baseball player<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Jarrod Patterson  
 | url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=/jarrod-patterson.shtml
 | access-date = May 23, 2011
}}</ref>
* [[Mac Powell]], lead singer for the [[Christian rock]] band [[Third Day]]
* [[Drew Roy]], actor<ref>Scott Mims, ''Local stars in Spielberg series, returns to ‘Hannah Montana’'', August 20, 2010, "[http://www.clantonadvertiser.com/2010/08/20/local-stars-in-spielberg-series-returns-to-hannah-montana/ The Clanton Advertiser]", October 27, 2010</ref>
* [[Grayson Russell]], [[child actor]]<ref>{{Cite news | last = Carlton | first = Bob | title = Clanton's Grayson Russell fits in feature films amid regular kid activities | newspaper = The Birmingham News | location = Birmingham, Alabama | publisher = Alabama Live LLC. | date = March 21, 2010 | url = http://blog.al.com/bob-carlton/2010/03/clantons_grayson_russell_fits.html | access-date = March 25, 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book|title=Chilton County|series=Images of America|author1-first=Billy J.|author1-last=Singleton|publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]]|year=2017|isbn=9781439661765|chapter=Clanton}}
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==External links==
{{commons category|Clanton, Alabama}}
*[http://www.clanton.al.us/ City of Clanton official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214423/http://www.clanton.al.us/ |date=August 26, 2018 }}

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