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Clay County
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county in northwestern Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 2, 1822
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Liberty
- Largest city
- Kansas City
- Total
- 409 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 397 sq mi (1,030 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 265,032
- Density
- 620/sq mi (240/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 5th , 6th
- Website
- www .claycountymo .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Official name
- Clay County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Liberty
- Capital
- Liberty
- Population
- 253335
- Area
- 1059
- Shares border with
- Wyandotte County
- Official website
- www.claycountymo.gov
- Image
- Liberty Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 92514
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- Commons category
- Clay County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Missouri
- inception
- 1822-01-02
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Clay County, Missouri
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Missouri
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 34723
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 253,335, making it the fifth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was organized January 2, 1822, and named in honor of U.S. Representative Henry Clay from Kentucky, later a member of the United States Senate and United States Secretary of State. Clay County contains many of the area's northern suburbs, along with a portion of the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It also owns and operates the Midwest National Air Center in Excelsior Springs.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.