Clinton, South Carolina

The Cherokee Indians were Clinton's original inhabitants. The first settler to inhabit the area was John Duncan, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who arrived in 1752 from Pennsylvania and settled along a creek between the present-day towns of Clinton and Whitmire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://local.townsquarepublications.com/southcarolina/laurenscounty/history.html|title=History of Laurens County|website=Laurens County, South Carolina|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>

The Cherokee Indians were Clinton's original inhabitants. The first settler to inhabit the area was John Duncan, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who arrived in 1752 from Pennsylvania and settled along a creek between the present-day towns of Clinton and Whitmire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://local.townsquarepublications.com/southcarolina/laurenscounty/history.html|title=History of Laurens County|website=Laurens County, South Carolina|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>

Scots-Irish immigrants from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia became the predominant settlers in the area in the two decades before the [[American Revolutionary War]] and took active part in a Revolutionary War battle in 1780 at nearby [[Musgrove Mill State Historic Site|Musgrove Mill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southcarolinaparks.com/musgrove-mill|title=Musgrove Mill {{!}} South Carolina Parks Official Site|website=southcarolinaparks.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-29}}</ref>

Scots-Irish immigrants from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia became the predominant settlers in the area in the two decades before the [[American Revolutionary War]] and took active part in [[Battle of Musgrove Mill|a Revolutionary War battle]] in 1780 at nearby [[Musgrove Mill State Historic Site|Musgrove Mill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://southcarolinaparks.com/musgrove-mill|title=Musgrove Mill {{!}} South Carolina Parks Official Site|website=southcarolinaparks.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-29}}</ref>

As late as 1852, the town was called Five Points because it arose at the intersection of four major roads and the railroad.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Clinton a Brief History|last=Griffith|first=Nancy|publisher=The History Press|year=2010|isbn=9781596296473|location=Charleston, South Carolina|pages=13–15}}</ref> It was named Clinton after Henry Clinton Young,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laurenscounty.org/cities-towns/|title=Cities & Towns|publisher=Laurens County Chamber of Commerce|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> a lawyer from the county seat of [[Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens]], who planned the first roads in the area.<ref name=":0" />

As late as 1852, the town was called Five Points because it arose at the intersection of four major roads and the railroad.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Clinton a Brief History|last=Griffith|first=Nancy|publisher=The History Press|year=2010|isbn=9781596296473|location=Charleston, South Carolina|pages=13–15}}</ref> It was named Clinton after Henry Clinton Young,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laurenscounty.org/cities-towns/|title=Cities & Towns|publisher=Laurens County Chamber of Commerce|access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref> a lawyer from the county seat of [[Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens]], who planned the first roads in the area.<ref name=":0" />