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Clay County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Henry Clay
- Seat
- West Point
- Largest city
- West Point
- Total
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Land
- 410 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,238
- Density
- 45/sq mi (18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .claycountyms .com /index .php /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 18636
- Area
- 1077
- Official website
- www.claycountyms.com
- Image
- City Hall, West Point, MS 02.JPG
- Households
- 7728
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- Commons category
- Clay County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 22402
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Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 18,636. Its county seat is West Point. Its name is in honor of American statesman Henry Clay, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. J. Wesley Caradine, an African American, was the first state representative for Clay County after it was established in 1871. The federal government formerly designated Clay County as the West Point Micropolitan Statistical Area, but the county lost that status in 2013. It is part of the Golden Triangle region of the state.
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