Your Guide to Buying a Home in Clinton, MD

Buying a Home in Clinton, Maryland

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Clinton is located in Prince George County

Clinton was originally founded by the Surratt family in the 1770s. The town, then named Surratt's Villa, was actually a simple crossroads with a few buildings. In the 1800s, it became known as Surrattsville. The main building served as the Post Office, an inn and tavern, and a polling place. This main residence was one of two properties owned by the widowed Mary Surratt, the second one was in Washington, D.C.

On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, who had two hours earlier, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, stopped by the Surrattsville tavern, to pick up weapons and supplies. The U.S. Government alleged that Mrs. Surratt had gone there earlier with these supplies, and was in collusion with the conspirators, one of whom was her son, John Surratt. Because of her complicity in the Lincoln assassination, Mary Surratt was hanged to death at the Capitol Prison in Washington D.C., on July 7, 1865. The U.S. Post Office renamed the town Robeysville, due to the notoriety of the Surratt name. In 1879, Robeysville was renamed Clinton. The local high school, however, retains the name of Surrattsville, and local historians have continually urged Clinton to regain its unique name. Major local growth began in the 1950s, spurred partly by the establishment of adjacent Andrews Air Force Base, home of the Air Force Systems Command and the President's plane "Air Force One." Clinton has nearly all single-family housing but includes a few newer townhouses and one retirement mid-rise. Southern Maryland Regional Hospital is in Clinton, and adjacent is an upscale hotel with elegant dining and entertainment. Louise Cosca Regional Park, a public facility operated by the parks commission in Clinton, offers camping, hiking, fishing in a lake, an excellent playground, and a nature museum with nature activities. Clinton has major department stores. The town is a few miles from the Branch Avenue station of the Washington metrorail system.

Then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton briefly visited Clinton, Maryland, as a campaign stop in 1992.

Clinton is also the home town of Maryland State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.; the Miller family is well-known in the area.

Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden attended the local high school Surrattsville and graduated in 1976. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Pollock in 2001 and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mystic River in 2003. Another member of the Surrattsville High Class of 1976 was baritone Gordon Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins has one critical acclaim for his performances with opera companies and syphonies around the world.

Clinton is where American soap opera actress Laura Wright grew up.

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