

It was organized as "Huron Township" on August 12, 1818, named after what was then known as the Huron River. The first settlement on the land that is now Clinton Township was called Gnadenhuetten and was established in 1782 by Rev. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 100,513, making it the most populous township in the state. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Clinton is about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of downtown Detroit.

Clinton Township is a charter township in Macomb County in the U.S.
