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Clay County
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county in Texas, United States
Clay County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is one of Texas's 254 counties and represents a subdivision of state government responsible for local administration and services.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- Henrietta
- Largest city
- Henrietta
- Total
- 1,117 sq mi (2,890 km )
- Land
- 1,089 sq mi (2,820 km )
- Water
- 28 sq mi (73 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,764
- Density
- 9/sq mi (3.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .claycountytx .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Henrietta
- Capital
- Henrietta
- Population
- 10218
- Area
- 2891
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Cotton County
- Official website
- www.claycountytx.net
- Image
- Clay Co Courthouse Henrietta, TX.JPG
- Households
- 4159
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- different from
- Clay County
- Commons category
- Clay County, Texas
- inception
- 1857-12-24
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 31217
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
The Clay County Leader newspaper office in Henrietta
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,218. The county seat is Henrietta. The county was founded in 1857 and later organized in 1860. It is named in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, Kentucky Senator and United States Secretary of State. Clay County is part of the Wichita Falls, Metropolitan Statistical Area in North Texas.
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