Back مقاطعة كلاي (نبراسكا) Arabic کلای بؤلگهسی، نبراسکا AZB Clay County, Nebraska BAR Клей (окръг, Небраска) Bulgarian ক্লে কাউন্টি, নেব্রাস্কা BPY Clay Gông (Nebraska) CDO Клей (гуо, Небраска) CE Clay County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Nebraska) CEB Clay County, Nebraska Welsh Clay County (Nebraska) German
Clay County | |
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_6.jpg) Clay County courthouse in Clay Center | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska | |
 Nebraska's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′N 98°03′W / 40.52°N 98.05°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Nebraska |
| Founded | 1855 (authorized) 1871 (organized) |
| Named for | Henry Clay |
| Seat | Clay Center |
| Largest city | Sutton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 574 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
| • Land | 572 sq mi (1,480 km2) |
| • Water | 1.2 sq mi (3 km2) 0.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,104 |
| • Density | 11/sq mi (4.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 6,104.[1] Its county seat is Clay Center.[2] The county was formed in 1855,[3] and was organized in 1871.[4][5] It was named for Henry Clay, a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky, who went on to become United States Secretary of State.[6]
In the Nebraska license plate system, Clay County is represented by the prefix 30 (it had the 30th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
- ^ "Clay County, Nebraska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 42. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ "Clay County Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey" (PDF). Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on May 7, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 83.
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