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Clay

Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,967, and was estimated to be 15,245 in 2024. The county seat is , which is also home to the University of South Dakota.
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  • Type: County with 13,900 residents
  • Description: county in South Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: “Clay County”, “Clay County, SD”, and “Clay County, South Dakota”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloomingdale and Westreville.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Clay County, , United States. It is located at an elevation of 1,227 feet.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Clay County, , United States.

Clay

Latitude
42.9191° or 42° 55′ 9″ north
Longitude
-96.9713° or 96° 58′ 17″ west
Population
13,900
Elevation
1,224 feet (373 metres)
Open location code
86J5W29H+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316990755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5226973
Wiki­data ID
Q489273
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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، داكوتا الجنوبيه”
  • Armenian: “Քլեյ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Clay”
  • Basque: “Clay konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Clay County, South Dakota”
  • Bavarian: “Clay County”
  • Bengali: “ক্লে কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লে কাউন্টি, সাউথ ডাকোটা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্লে কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Клей”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Clay”
  • Cebuano: “Clay County”
  • Chechen: “Клей (гуо, Къилба Дакота)”
  • Chechen: “Клей”
  • Chinese: “Clay Kūn”
  • Chinese: “克莱县”
  • Chinese: “克萊縣”
  • Chinese: “克萊郡”
  • Czech: “Clay County”
  • Dutch: “Clay County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Clay”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Clay”
  • Finnish: “Clayn piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Clay”
  • French: “Comté de Clay”
  • Georgian: “კლეის ოლქი”
  • German: “Clay County”
  • Gilaki: “کلی ٚ شأرستان (نسايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “کلی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Κλέι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Κλέι”
  • Hungarian: “Clay megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Clay, Dakota Theas”
  • Irish: “Contae Clay”
  • Italian: “contea di Clay”
  • Italian: “Contea di Clay”
  • Japanese: “クレイ郡”
  • Korean: “클레이군”
  • Low German: “Clay County”
  • Mazanderani: “کلی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Clay Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Clay Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clay County i Sør-Dakota”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clay County”
  • Norwegian: “Clay County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلی، داکوتای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان کلی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Clay”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Clay”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Clay”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clay, Dakota de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Clay”
  • Russian: “Клей”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Clay”
  • Serbian: “Clay County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Клеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clay County, South Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clay County”
  • Slovenian: “Clay County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Clay”
  • Spanish: “condado de Clay”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Clay”
  • Swedish: “Clay County, South Dakota”
  • Swedish: “Clay County”
  • Tatar: “Джеральд (округ, Көньяк Дакота)”
  • Tatar: “Клей”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, Güney Dakota”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, S.Dak.”
  • Turkish: “Clay County, SD”
  • Turkish: “Clay County”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, Güney Dakota”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, S.Dak.”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi, SD”
  • Turkish: “Clay ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Клей”
  • Urdu: “کلے کاؤنٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا”
  • Urdu: “کلے کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Clay”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clay, Nam Dakota”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clay, South Dakota”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Clay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clay, South Dakota”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Clay”
  • Welsh: “Clay County, De Dakota”
  • Welsh: “Clay County”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلے کاؤنٹی، ساؤتھ ڈیکوٹا”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلے کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mortvedt Cemetery and Spirit Mound Power Plant.

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