Clinton County, Missouri
21 public bodies govern here, 4 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 21,414
- Median household income
- $70,627
- ±2,764
- Unemployed
- 3.0%
- 307 of 10,320 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 86.0%
- 7,166 of 8,329 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Clinton | 21,287 (2021) | 207 N Main St, Plattsburg | — |
Cities, towns and villages 6
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Cameron | 8,433 (2021) | 205 N Main St, Cameron | Website |
| City of Gower | 1,520 (2021) | Po Box 408, Gower | — |
| City of Lathrop | 2,273 (2021) | Po Box 225, Lathrop | Website |
| City of Plattsburg | 2,214 (2021) | 114 W Maple St, Plattsburg | Website |
| City of Trimble | 597 (2021) | Po Box 99, Trimble | — |
| Village of Turney | 120 (2021) | Po Box 21, Turney | — |
Special districts 14
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Ambulance District | Health | 224 S. Walnut St, Cameron | — |
| Cameron Special Road District | Highways | 121 W 3rd St, Cameron | — |
| Plattsburg Special Road District | Highways | Po Box 291, Plattsburg | — |
| Cameron City Housing Authority | Housing and community development | 902 N Cedar St, Cameron | — |
| Plattsburg Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 371, Plattsburg | — |
| Cameron Public Library District | Libraries | 312 N Chestnut St, Cameron | Website |
| Cameron Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 121 W 3rd St, Cameron | — |
| Gower Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 365, Gower | — |
| Lathrop Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 5, Lathrop | — |
| Plattsburg Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 166, Plattsburg | — |
| Clinton County Soil and Water Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 1800 W Highway 116, Plattsburg | — |
| Clinton County Consolidated Public Water Supply District 4 | Water supply utility | 8544 Se V Hwy, Lathrop | Website |
| Clinton County Public Water Supply District 1 | Water supply utility | Po Box 157, Trimble | — |
| Clinton County Public Water Supply District 3 | Water supply utility | 1209 N Ashland Dr, Cameron | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
CAMERON R-I
School district4 schools
423 N CHESTNUT ST, Cameron, MO, 64429
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
CLINTON CO. R-III
School district3 schools
800 W FROST, Plattsburg, MO, 64477
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
EAST BUCHANAN CO. C-1 (025076)
School district3 schools
100 SMITH ST, Gower, MO, 64454
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
LATHROP R-II
School district3 schools
700 East St, Lathrop, MO, 64465
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Downtown Farmers' Market (8004 Saxton-Easton Road St. Joseph)
Liberty Area Farmers Market (1332 W. Kansas Street (FELDMANS Farm and Home parking lot) Liberty) · Excelsior Springs Farmer's Market (201 East Broadway Street Excelsior Springs) · Briarcliff Village Organic & Locally Grown Farmer's Market (4151 North Mulberry Drive Kansas City) · and 4 more
Weston MO Farmer's Market (201 Welt Street Weston) · Parkville Farmers' Market (Parkville)
Lawson Farmers' Market (Lawson)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.