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Clay County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Hayesville
- Largest community
- Hayesville
- Total
- 220.78 sq mi (571.8 km )
- Land
- 214.98 sq mi (556.8 km )
- Water
- 5.80 sq mi (15.0 km ) 2.63%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,239
- Density
- 51.582/sq mi (19.916/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .clayconc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Hayesville
- Capital
- Hayesville
- Population
- 11089
- Area
- 571
- Shares border with
- Towns County
- Official website
- www.clayconc.com
- Image
- The historic Clay County courthouse in downtown Hayesville, N.C. on July 10, 2022.jpg
- Households
- 5300
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- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Clay County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1861-01-01
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 2.7
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 32744
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county located in the far western part of U.S. state North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 11,089. The county seat is Hayesville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.