Clifton

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Clifton

Total population

788

Median home value

$339,400

24.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$89,583

Clifton$90k

National$74k

Founded

1869

Elevation1479 m

Land area5.84 km²

Weather27°F · Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates42.19°, -112.00°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Clifton is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 413 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Current forecast

Forecast for Clifton, ID from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Harold B. Lee

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Joe J. Christensen

American general authority

Tara Westover

American historian and author

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Idaho

• Oxford
  5.1 mi away · pop. 49
• Dayton
  5.4 mi away · pop. 500
• Preston
  8.8 mi away · pop. 5,928
• Weston
  10.5 mi away · pop. 569
• Malad City
  12.5 mi away · pop. 2,601
• Franklin
  16.1 mi away · pop. 1,034
• Downey
  17.8 mi away · pop. 803
• Arimo
  27.2 mi away · pop. 351
• Lava Hot Springs
  29.9 mi away · pop. 218
• Grace
  30.2 mi away · pop. 1,349
• Bloomington
  30.8 mi away · pop. 255
• Paris
  30.9 mi away · pop. 562

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Clifton

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Clifton Idaho State of Mind Collection · 2020

Highways and byways of California

Clifton Johnson · 1915

Highways and byways of California,

Clifton Johnson · 1908

A bibliography of riparian and related topics with emphasis on the Intermountain West

Catherine Clifton · 1988

Measuring cover using the wheel-point, step-point, and point-frame sampling method

Clayton L. Hanson · 1988

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Johnson Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 27 mi
• Wildfire Salt Wells, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 43 mi
• Prescribed Fire Bear River MBR Unit 2c RX, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-09-18 · 51 mi
• Wildfire North Heglar, Cassia, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 59 mi
• Wildfire Brushy Canyon, Box Elder, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-27 · 67 mi
• Wildfire Bare, Sublette, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-04 · 87 mi
• Wildfire Rocky Canyon, Morgan, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-08-07 · 88 mi
• Wildfire Buckhorn 2, Cassia, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-10-10 · 108 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).