[5] Clinton is located in northern Davis County, bordered by Sunset to the east, Clearfield to the southeast, and West Point to the southwest.

The northern border of Clinton is the Weber County line, with the city of Hooper to the northwest and Roy to the north and northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Clinton has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15.1 km2), all land.

Early settlers used it to graze their animals but, even though the land was fertile, culinary water had to be hauled in from the Weber River.

In 1884 the Summit Basin Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in Clinton.