Formed February 20, 1835 (85th county)
Clinton County (9,253), Albany (1,759)
A Modern tan brick courthouse was built in 1980 and sits on a square at Cumberland, Washington, Jefferson, and Cross streets. Cross Street is United States Highway 127 Business. It replaced an 1895 structure. The current courthouse was designed by Coblin Porter & Associates. The building features columns and a bell tower with a working clock. There are veteran memorials on the grounds. The county was organized on February 20, 1835 from Cumberland and Wayne counties as the 85th county. Albany has always been the county seat. The county is named for New York Governor De Witt Clinton. He is also the namesake for the county seat of Hickman County. The county seat is named for Albany, New York.
Clinton County government consists of a County Judge Executive, a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive). It has 6 Magistrates (legislative.) Two Circuit Court Judges and One District Court Judge serve Clinton, Cumberland, and Monroe counties and a court clerk serves Clinton County (judicial.) Clinton County is on the south-central border with Tennessee. Bowling Green, Kentucky is northwest and Lexington, Kentucky is northeast of the county. The county center is 2.8 miles North-Northwest of Albany. The county is surrounded clockwise by Russell and Wayne counties and Tennessee and Cumberland County.
The area of the county is 198 square miles. It is 103 out of 120 in the state. It ranks 100 out of 120 in population in the state. It has a density of 46.7 persons per square mile making it 73 out of 120 in the state. Clinton County has 19.0% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 127 crosses the county north to south from Russell County to Tennessee. The county is shaped like a volcanic mountain. Albany is in the southern third of the county. Albany is the county seat and, as the only incorporated city, it is the largest city. It is 19.0% of the county population.
Albany
