There was a time when the town of Clermont didn’t have “anybody around here,” Mayor Jim Nix said. Those simpler times are a thing of the past, according to the mayor. Sure, the population is still sparse — about 922 according to a 2015 U.S. Census estimate — but that’s an increase of 122 percent from the 415 who lived there in 2000.
Clermont extends moratorium on subdivision development
Mayor says town trying to grow 'the way you want to'