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Clay County is a county in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,288. Since 1842, its county seat has been , in the center of the county's area.
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  • Type: County with 13,200 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Clay County”, “Clay County, IL”, and “Clay County, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Louisville.

Town
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is a village in and the county seat of Clay County, Illinois, United States, along the . The population was 1,136 at the 2020 census.

Clay

Latitude
38.7341° or 38° 44′ 3″ north
Longitude
-88.4911° or 88° 29′ 28″ west
Population
13,200
Elevation
436 feet (133 metres)
Open location code
86CHPGM5+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952684
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4235992
Wiki­data ID
Q110417
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Clay” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Clay County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كلاي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه كلاي، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Քլեյ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Clay”
  • Basque: “Clay konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Clay County”
  • Belarusian: “Клей (акруга, Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Клей”
  • Bengali: “ক্লে কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লে কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লে কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Клей”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Clay”
  • Cebuano: “Clay County”
  • Chechen: “Клей (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Клей”
  • Chinese: “Clay Kūn”
  • Chinese: “克莱县”
  • Chinese: “克萊縣”
  • Chinese: “克萊郡”
  • Dutch: “Clay County”
  • Esperanto: “Clay County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Clay”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Clay”
  • Estonian: “Clay maakond”
  • Finnish: “Clayn piirikunta”
  • French: “Clay County”
  • French: “comté de Clay”
  • French: “Comté de Clay”
  • Georgian: “კლეის ოლქი”
  • German: “Clay County”
  • Gilaki: “کلی ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “کلی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Κλέι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Κλέι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קליי”
  • Hungarian: “Clay megye”
  • Indonesian: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Indonesian: “Clay County”
  • Irish: “Contae Clay”
  • Italian: “Clay County”
  • Italian: “contea di Clay”
  • Italian: “Contea di Clay”
  • Japanese: “クレイ郡”
  • Korean: “클레이군”
  • Latin: “Clay Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Clay County”
  • Mazanderani: “کلی شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “کلی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Clay Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Clay Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Clay County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clay County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clay County”
  • Norwegian: “Clay County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلی، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Clay”
  • Portuguese: “Clay County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Clay”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Clay”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clay, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clay”
  • Russian: “Клей”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Clay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Clay County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Клеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clay County”
  • Slovenian: “Clay County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Clay”
  • Spanish: “Clay County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Clay”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Clay”
  • Swedish: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Clay County”
  • Tatar: “Клей (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Клей”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Clay County”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Clay ili, Illinois”
  • Ukrainian: “Клей”
  • Urdu: “کلے کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “کلے کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Clay”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clay, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clay, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clay”
  • Welsh: “Clay County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Clay County”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلے کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلے کاؤنٹی”

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