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Clayton County
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county in Iowa, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 512 inbound references to Clayton County, and connects out to city, marriage and Wisconsin.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IA.
Vinony files it under 1837 establishments in Wisconsin Territory, Clayton County, Iowa and Driftless Area.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- December 21, 1837
- Named after
- John M. Clayton
- Seat
- Elkader
- Largest city
- Guttenberg
- Total
- 792.631 sq mi (2,052.90 km )
- Land
- 778.464 sq mi (2,016.21 km )
- Water
- 14.167 sq mi (36.69 km ) 1.79%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,845
- Density
- 21.893/sq mi (8.4530/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- claytoncountyia.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John M. Clayton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Elkader
- Capital
- Elkader
- Population
- 17043
- Area
- 2053
- Shares border with
- Winneshiek County
- Official website
- www.claytoncountyia.gov
- Image
- Snow on road, Clayton County, Iowa.JPG
- Households
- 7563
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- Commons category
- Clayton County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Clayton County, Iowa
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- different from
- Clayton County
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Clayton County
- per capita income
- 29586
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Clayton County, Iowa
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Encyclopedic overview
Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,043, and was estimated to be 16,845 in 2025. The county seat is Elkader and the largest city is Guttenberg.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clayton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.