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Clay County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Named after
- Henry Clay Jr.
- Seat
- Spencer
- Largest city
- Spencer
- Total
- 573 sq mi (1,480 km )
- Land
- 567 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Water
- 5.4 sq mi (14 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,202
- Density
- 28.9/sq mi (11.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- claycounty .iowa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16384
- Area
- 1483
- Official website
- www.co.clay.ia.us
- Image
- Clay County IA Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7381
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- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Clay County
- Commons category
- Clay County, Iowa
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- per capita income
- 29707
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Article
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,384. Its county seat is Spencer. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay Jr., a colonel who died in action in the Mexican–American War, and son of Henry Clay, famous American statesman from Kentucky. Clay County comprises the Spencer, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area. Clay County holds the annual Clay County Fair. The first newspaper in Clay County was the Peterson Patriot which started publication in 1880.
Geography