Place:Clay, South Dakota, United States

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NameClay
Alt namesClaysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates42.917°N 96.95°W
Located inSouth Dakota, United States     (1862 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bloomingdale
Bluff Center
Burbank
Clay Point
Colfax Corner
Dalesburg
Glenwood
Greenfield
Hub City
Irene
Komstad
Marshalltown
Meckling
Riverside
Saybrook
Shaw
Star Corner
Vermillion
Wakonda
Westreville
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,864. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century.

The county seat is Vermillion, which is also home to the University of South Dakota. Clay County is coextensive with the Vermillion Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1862 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 2,621
1880 5,001
1890 7,509
1900 9,316
1910 8,711
1920 9,654
1930 10,088
1940 9,592
1950 10,993
1960 10,810
1970 12,923
1980 13,689
1990 13,186
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~sdclay/

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