The lots and streets from the original survey of 1829 are known today as Olde Towne Clinton. In 1824, Charles Lawson, a federal land surveyor, purchased land in Hinds County. After his death in 1826, his nephew and heir, Charles Lawson Jr., along with Hiram Runnels and D. W. Wright, developed 160 acres into streets and lots and signed the plat of original survey. A commercial center developed on Jefferson, Monroe, and Leake Streets from Mississippi College to the railroad depot. Listed as a National Register District in 2017.