Place:Clay, Illinois, United States
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NameClay
Alt namesClaysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.833°N 88.483°W
Located inIllinois, United States     (1824 - )
See alsoCrawford, Illinois, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Edwards, Illinois, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jasper, Illinois, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Richland, Illinois, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wayne, Illinois, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Keen Chapel Cemetery
Inhabited place
Bible Grove
Camp Travis
Clay City
Cruse
Flora
Hord
Ingraham
Iola
Kenner
Louisville
Oskaloosa
Riffle
Sailor Springs
Songer
Wendelin
Xenia
Township
Larkinsburg
Pixley
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,815. Since 1842, its county seat has been Louisville, in the center of the county's area.

In 1950, the U.S. Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in Clay County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1824 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1825 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1825 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1825 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1827 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1877 Birth 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
1830 755
1840 3,228
1850 4,289
1860 9,336
1870 15,875
1880 16,192
1890 16,772
1900 19,553
1910 18,661
1920 17,684
1930 16,155
1940 18,947
1950 17,445
1960 15,815
1970 14,735
1980 15,283
1990 14,460
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Clay County, Illinois, United States

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Research Tips

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External links

  • Outstanding guide to Clay County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
  • www.rootsweb.com/~ilclay/
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