Cleaton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States.

[5] Cleaton is in eastern Muhlenberg County northeast of U.S. Route 431, which forms the western edge of the community.

Greenville, the county seat, is 6 miles (10 km) to the southwest.

[1] The community is drained to the southeast by a tributary of Pond Creek, which flows north to the Green River.

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