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Clay County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- 24 March, 1873
- Seat
- Corning (western district);, Piggott (eastern district)
- Largest city
- Piggott
- Total
- 641 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Land
- 639 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Water
- 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,052
- Density
- 22.8/sq mi (8.79/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .claycountyarkansas .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John M. Clayton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Contains
- Corning
- Capital
- Piggott
- Population
- 14552
- Area
- 1661
- Shares border with
- Ripley County
- Official website
- claycounty.arkansas.gov
- Image
- Sheeks House.jpg
- Households
- 6476
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clay County, Arkansas
- Commons category
- Clay County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Clay County, Arkansas
- inception
- 1873-03-24
- different from
- Clay County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Clay County
- per capita income
- 22935
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Encyclopedic overview
Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Originally incorporated as Clayton County, as of the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,552. The county has two county seats, Corning and Piggott. It is a dry county, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or prohibited.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.