Place:Clay, Nebraska, United States

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NameClay
Alt namesClay County (old)source: from redirect
Claysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.533°N 98.05°W
Located inNebraska, United States     (1871 - )
See alsoGage, Nebraska, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Clay Center
Deweese
Edgar
Eldorado
Fairfield
Glenvil
Harvard
Inland
Ong
Saronville
Sutton
Trumbull
Township
Spring Ranch
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


Clay is the name of both a former and a current county of Nebraska.

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Former County

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1860 First census 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
1860 165
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Current County

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Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,542. Its county seat is Clay Center. The county was formed in 1855, and was organized in 1871. 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.

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).

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1871 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1872 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1872 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 54
1880 11,294
1890 16,310
1900 15,735
1910 15,729
1920 14,486
1930 13,571
1940 10,445
1950 8,700
1960 8,717
1970 8,266
1980 8,106
1990 7,123
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Clay County, Nebraska, United States

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Research Tips

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Resources

www.rootsweb.com/~neclay/

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