Clay County, Iowa

Clay County
Clay County
County
	Clay County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Iowa
	Iowa's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 43°04′51″N 95°08′58″W / 43.080833333333°N 95.149444444444°W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
Founded	1851
Named for	Henry Clay Jr.
Seat	Spencer
Largest city	Spencer
Area
• Total	573 sq mi (1,480 km2)
• Land	567 sq mi (1,470 km2)
• Water	5.4 sq mi (14 km2) 0.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	16,384
• Density	29/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	claycounty.iowa.gov

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,384.^[1] Its county seat is Spencer.^[2] Its name is in honor of Henry Clay Jr.,^[3] a colonel who died in action in the Mexican–American War, and son of Henry Clay, famous American statesman from Kentucky.

Clay County comprises the Spencer, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Clay County holds the annual Clay County Fair. The first newspaper in Clay County was the Peterson Patriot which started publication in 1880.

^ "2020 Census State Redistricting Data". census.gov. United states Census Bureau. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 83.