Clinton, Mississippi

The City of Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi

The City of Clinton might as well be called the constantly growing city. From its early beginnings in the 1823 Clinton has continuously grown to the current population of 26,258. Clinton was originally named Mount Salus, or Mountain of Health. The name was later changed to Clinton to honor Dewitt Clinton, a Governor of New York. Interestingly the Clinton currently has a larger female than male population. The male population makes up 47.2% of the population and the female population consists of 52.8% of the population. The median resident age in Clinton is 33.1 years and the median household income in 2009 was $52,369.00. Clinton is one of the early cities like Ridgeland that people started moving to in the 1980’s when there was a urge to rediscover “small town living.” Nowadays Clinton can hardly be considered “small town.” Its borders clash with those of Jackson and at times it is difficult to tell when you leave one city and enter the other. Clinton is home to Mississippi College, a prominent Christian College.

Managing Partner Merrida Coxwell was reared in Clinton, MS and lived there until 1992 when he moved to Madison County, MS. Coxwell & Associates still has a strong presence in Clinton with many of their clients coming from this town and surrounding area. Practically every month the law firm has an attorney in Clinton City Court defending a professional or skilled worker, or one of their family members, on a criminal allegation. Since Interstate 20, the Natchez Trace, and several other major roads run through Clinton Coxwell & Associates is asked to handle serious accident and injury cases that occur within the City of Clinton. Because of the close contacts with the City of Clinton the attorneys at Coxwell & Associated receive a substantial number of calls from this area.