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Clayton

Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,043, and was estimated to be 16,931 in 2024. The county seat is and the largest city is .
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  • Type: County with 17,000 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Clayton County”, “Clayton County, IA”, and “Clayton County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elkader.

Town
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is a city in Clayton County, , United States. The population was 1,209 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 1,465 in 2000. It is the county seat of Clayton County.

Clayton

Latitude
42.8548° or 42° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
-91.3667° or 91° 22′ 0″ west
Population
17,000
Elevation
965 feet (294 metres)
Open location code
86JCVJ3M+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955522
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4851902
Wiki­data ID
Q113815
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Clayton” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Clayton County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كلايتون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه كلايتون، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Քլեյտոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Clayton”
  • Basque: “Clayton konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Clayton County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Clayton County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লেটন কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লেটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Клейтън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Clayton”
  • Cebuano: “Clayton County”
  • Chechen: “Клейтон (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Клейтон”
  • Chinese: “Clayton Kūn”
  • Chinese: “克莱顿县”
  • Chinese: “克萊頓縣”
  • Dutch: “Clayton County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Clayton”
  • Estonian: “Claytoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Claytonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Clayton”
  • French: “Comté de Clayton”
  • Georgian: “კლეიტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Clayton County”
  • Gilaki: “کلیتون ٚ شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “کلیتون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Κλέιτον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Κλέιτον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז קלייטון”
  • Hungarian: “Clayton megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Clayton”
  • Italian: “contea di Clayton”
  • Italian: “Contea di Clayton”
  • Japanese: “クレイトン郡”
  • Korean: “클레이턴군”
  • Low German: “Clayton County”
  • Mazanderani: “کلیتون شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “کلیتون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Clayton Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Clayton Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clayton County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clayton County”
  • Norwegian: “Clayton County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلیتون، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلیتون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Clayton”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Clayton”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clayton, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clayton”
  • Russian: “Клейтон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Clayton”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Clayton County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Клејтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clayton County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clayton County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Clayton (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Clayton”
  • Swedish: “Clayton County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Clayton County”
  • Tatar: “Клейтон (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Клейтон”
  • Turkish: “Clayton County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Clayton County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Clayton County”
  • Turkish: “Clayton ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Clayton ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Clayton ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Клейтон”
  • Urdu: “کلیٹن کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “کلیٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Clayton”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clayton, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clayton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clayton, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clayton”
  • Welsh: “Clayton County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Clayton County”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلیٹن کاؤنٹی”

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