Clinton is a city and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population of Clinton is 8,639 according to the 2010 Census. Clinton is named for Richard Clinton, a Brigadier General of the North Carolina militia in the American Revolution. Clinton underwent another building boom during the 1940s. At this time some of the town's older frame The curved walls and metal sheathing of the ticket office on the 1950 Clinton Theater located at 117 ‡ Beth Keane, Retrospective, Clinton Commercial Historic District, Sampson County, NC....