Clanton, Alabama

Clanton is a city in and the county seat of Chilton County, Alabama. The population of the city is 8,619.
Clanton 	Alabama
Incorporated 	April 23, 1873
Motto 	"A good place to visit...a better place to live!"
County 	Chilton
Population 	8,619
Elevation 	600 ft (183 m)
Mayor 	Kerry Hickman
City Guildmaster	Erik Curry
ZIP codes 	35045-35046
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
70.75% White (6,098)
21.80% Black or African American (1,879)
7.45% Other (642)
17.4% (1,499) of Clanton residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Clanton has low rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 6 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.07 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Chilton County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Nearby Lay Lake Dam and Mitchell Dam became Alabama Power's first two dams in the state, bringing economic improvements to the area. Immigrants played a part in starting the county's peach industry more than a century ago. Today, the peach industry is the number one industry in Chilton County, not only bringing fame to the county, but also millions of dollars to the local economy. The city of Clanton constructed a water tower in the form of a peach in 1993, becoming a landmark for travelers along Interstate 65.
* Numerous cases of corruption have been associated with the Clanton Police Department as well as the Chilton County District and Circuit Courts. David Michael Hegwood, a 22-year veteran of the Clanton Police Department, was arrested in August 2011 for stealing a sign from a local restaurant in uniform. In 2014, David Lee Hubbard, a Chilton County Sheriff's deputy, was charged with multiple counts of sexual contact with underage girls. The trial was moved to Prattville and in December 2015, Hubbard pleaded guilty to all counts. Clanton Police Chief, Brian Stilwell, was arrested in April 2015, on charges relating to the misappropriation of funds from the Operation Santa Clause drive. The crimes he pleaded guilty to happened between 2010 and 2015 while Stilwell was the Clanton Police Chief and treasurer of the Chilton County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The former chief of the Clanton Police Department pleaded guilty on a violation of the ethics law and fraudulent use of a credit card.
* Clanton has a bit of amenities to offer. It has a Walmart, Shoney's, Nintendo World, some fast food, a few hotels, the Chilton County Airport, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, dollar stores, a few car dealerships and auto parts places, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, and a few other things.
* Early civil rights activist Ida B. Wells reproduced a photographic postcard depicting an 1891 lynching in Clanton to educate the white public of the atrocities committed against blacks.
Category:Alabama Cities