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Clay County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Green Clay
- Seat
- Manchester
- Largest city
- Manchester
- Judge executive
- Tommy Harmon (R)
- Total
- 471 sq mi (1,220 km )
- Land
- 469 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,465
- Density
- 43.4/sq mi (16.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- claycounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Manchester
- Population
- 20345
- Area
- 1220
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Laurel County
- Official website
- claycounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Clay County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 7432
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Clay County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1806-12-02
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 15905
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,345. Clay County is included in the Corbin, Kentucky micropolitan area. Its county seat is Manchester. The county was formed in 1807 and named in honor of Green Clay (1757–1826). Clay was a member of the Virginia and Kentucky State legislatures, first cousin once removed of Henry Clay, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and Secretary of State in the 19th century.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.