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Clay County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 20, 1857
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Clay Center
- Largest city
- Clay Center
- Total
- 656 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 645 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,990
- Density
- 12.6/sq mi (4.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- ClayCountyKansas.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Clay County, KS | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Clay Center
- Capital
- Clay Center
- Population
- 8117
- Area
- 1698
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Ottawa County
- Official website
- ClayCountyKansas.org
- Image
- Clay County Kansas Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3741
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- Commons category
- Clay County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Kansas
- inception
- 1857-02-20
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 28784
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Kansas
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Clay Center. As of the 2020 United States census, the county population was 8,117. The county was named for Henry Clay, an influential U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
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