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| Name | Clay |
| Alt names | Clay | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Colfax | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Colfax County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS28021846 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 33.617°N 88.7°W |
| Located in | Mississippi, United States (1871 - ) |
| See also | Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lowndes, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Monroe, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,634. 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.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1871 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1872 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1880 | 17,367
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| 1890 | 18,607
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| 1900 | 19,563
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| 1910 | 20,203
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| 1920 | 17,490
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| 1930 | 17,931
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| 1940 | 19,030
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| 1950 | 17,757
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| 1960 | 18,933
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| 1970 | 18,840
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| 1980 | 21,082
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| 1990 | 21,120
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~msclay/
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