Clinton College (Kentucky)

For the defunct college in New Middleton, Tennessee, see Clinton College (Tennessee).

Clinton College was a Baptist college in Clinton, Kentucky established in 1873^[1] and opening in 1874,^[2] until its closure in 1915.^[1] Originally a girls' school called Clinton Female College, it became coeducational in 1876.^[1][2] The campus was eight acres in size.^[2] The school's founder was Willis White,^[1][2] a Baptist preacher who had served as the superintendent of schools of Hickman County.^[2] The school operated under the auspices of, first, the West Union Baptist Association,^[1][2] and, later, the West Kentucky Baptist Association.^[1] Students came "mainly from western Kentucky, northwestern Tennessee, and southeastern Missouri and could receive instruction from "primary to collegiate" levels."^[2] After its closure, the campus was used for Clinton High School from 1918 until 1935.^[3]

See also

• List of Baptist colleges and universities in the United States
• List of colleges and universities in Kentucky

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Blair, R. Charles (1992). "Clinton College". In John E. Kleber. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 208. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=%22Clinton+College%22+tennessee&source=bl&ots=2NiDHUp0NY&sig=M4OrTIv8muyG34SIJtflk-2f2yk&hl=en&ei=pXK3S63YE4ua8ASC_c3qAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22Clinton%20College%22%20tennessee&f=false. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Lewis, Alvin Fayette (1899). "Clinton College, Clinton". History of Higher Education in Kentucky. Johns Hopkins University. pp. 210–214. http://books.google.com/books?id=ct1RHCFj2AUC&pg=PA210&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html. Retrieved 4 April 2010. 
3. ^ "Kentucky colleges that have closed, merged, changed names". http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/KentuckyCC.htm. Retrieved 5 April 2010.