1. Clinton County, Indiana
Indiana Prevention Resource Center GIS in Prevention County Profiles Series, No. 4
Clinton County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP, Project Director
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is funded, in part, by a contract with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, financially supported through HHS/Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The IPRC is operated by the Department of Applied Health Science and The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

2. GIS in Prevention County Profile Series, No. 4
Clinton County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
Project Director
Project Staff:
Ritika Bhawal, MPH
Ryan Chopra, MPH
Kyoungsun Heo, MPA
Tuba M. Pervin Altay, MPH
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
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3. Clinton County Map
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4. 3. Geographic and Historical Notes
Clinton County is located in Central Indiana. It is bordered by Tipton County to the east, Hamilton to the southeast, Boone to the south, Montgomery to the southwest, Tippecanoe to the northwest, Carroll to the north, and Howard to the northeast. U.S. Highway 421 and State Highways 28 and 75 cross Clinton County. Elevation is feet. The landscape features maple, birch, beech, elm, ash, and cottonwood trees. In the north the landscape is slightly sloping, in the south it is quite level, and along the Potato Creek and Sugar Creek higher slopes are typical. This county is part of the Indiana and Ohio Till Plain resource area.
Clinton county is in the Eastern Time Zone and observes DST. Average daily temperatures are 15٥/33٥ in January and 62٥/85٥ in July. Annual precipitation is 39 and snowfall inches.
Typically the first freeze of the season is around October and the last freeze is around May The growing season lasts about days.
Agriculture is diversified. Nearly nine-tenths of the land is farmland and nine-tenths of that land is used for commercial crops. Main crops include corn for grain, hay and soybeans. Livestock include cattle/calves, milk cows and hogs/pigs. Main natural resources include construction sand and gravel and forestland.
Communities include the city of Frankfort, the county seat. Towns include Colfax, Kirklin, Michigantown, Mulberry, and Rossville. Townships include Center, Forest, Jackson, Johnson, Kirklin, Madison, Michigan, Owen, Perry, Ross, Sugar Creek, Union, Warren and Washington.
Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Geographic Notes from Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.

5. Clinton County
The maps and tables in this publication were prepared using PCensus
7.06 for MapInfo and MapInfo Professional 7.0.

6. 3. Location and Historical Notes
Clinton County is not a tobacco-producing county, according to the Strategic Development Group’s “Alternative Agricultural Strategy” (Bloomington, March 15, 2001) report, which is part of Governor Joseph E. Kernan’s “Recipient Final Reports for Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture Grant Programs” (

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3. Clinton County Block Group Maps
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8. Clinton County
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9. Clinton County
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