Kansas City Region
Plattsburg is the courthouse town while Cameron is the crossroads
Clinton County splits its everyday geography: Cameron carries the highway crossroads, while Plattsburg holds the courthouse and county offices.
Plattsburg explains Clinton County better when you pair it with Cameron. Cameron is the highway crossroads. Plattsburg is the courthouse town. Clinton County places all county offices and services at the courthouse at 207 N. Main Street in Plattsburg.
That split is easy to miss if you are new. A day of shopping, a hospital visit, or a highway stop may point toward Cameron. A deed, recording question, court stop, assessor issue, or county-office errand points back to Plattsburg. The recorder’s page puts land-record work in the courthouse system, which is the detail buyers and landowners tend to need first.
Before you drive, check the exact office and room. Courthouses can hold several offices with different hours, lunch closures, and filing rules. The place lesson is simple: in Clinton County, the busiest crossroads and the county-seat counter are not the same stop.
Where to see it
- Clinton County Courthouse
Clinton County lists the courthouse and county offices at 207 N. Main Street in Plattsburg.
References
More from Clinton County: browse every local note for the county.
Last checked against the sources above: July 1, 2026.