Clinton, Indiana Community Info and Homes For Sale

Clinton is a city in Vermillion County, Indiana situated on the banks of the Wabash River in western Indiana. The city was established in 1829 and is named after DeWitt Clinton, who served as governor of New York from 1817 to 1823. Clinton boasts small-town charm and is best-known for its Italian heritage. At the turn of the century many of Clinton's original residents were Italian immigrants trying to earn a living coal mining. Over time, the coal mining industry in Clinton died down but many of the Italian settlers stayed at Clinton.

Events

Clinton hosts the annual Little Italy Festival, a four-day Labor Day Weekend celebration of the area’s Italian and coal mining heritage. Founded in 1966, the event draws over 75,000 visitors annually, featuring Italian and carnival-style food, grapevine-roofed wine garden, grape stomping, tours and more. The festival also provides free stage entertainment, flea market and the largest Italian-theme parade in the Midwest. The festival is also host to the Indiana Bocce Ball championship, boasts one of the few coal mining museums in the nation, and owns one of fewer than 400 genuine gondolas in the United States.

Schools in Clinton, IN

Clinton, Indiana has three primary elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The three elementary schools are Central Elementary School, Van Duyn Elementary School and Ernie Pyle Elementary School. Clinton's residents could fit into one main elementary school, but because of all the rural area around Clinton it makes more sense to group all the students into three smaller schools. The middle school and high school are neighboring each other. The middle being South Vermillion Middle School, and the high being South Vermillion High School. The high school was formerly known as Clinton High School before the current school was constructed in 1977. However, the mascot has remained the same, the Wildcat.