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Clay County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- December 23, 1824 (created), March 8, 1825 (organized)
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Louisville
- Largest city
- Flora
- Total
- 469.59 sq mi (1,216.2 km )
- Land
- 468.32 sq mi (1,212.9 km )
- Water
- 1.28 sq mi (3.3 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,793
- Density
- 28.374/sq mi (10.955/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- claycountyillinois .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Louisville
- Population
- 13288
- Area
- 1217
- Shares border with
- Richland County
- Official website
- claycountyillinois.org
- Image
- Clay County Courthouse in Louisville from north-northwest.jpg
- Households
- 5607
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- Commons category
- Clay County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Illinois
- inception
- 1824-00-00
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 29950
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Illinois
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,288. Since 1842, its county seat has been Louisville, in the center of the county's area. In 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in Clay County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.