Clinton, MN

Clinton is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 386 residents. The city was named for New York Governor DeWitt Clinton. The village was settled about 1877 as Central, Minnesota, with a post office of that name from 1878 to 1885. The former train station is now a history museum. A newcomer can read Clinton through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Clinton comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The name was changed to Clinton in 1885, and the village was platted. Clinton is the home to the Big Stone County Fair and Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Elementary School. Clinton is home to Big Stone County Fair.