Clay County (Illinois)

Clay County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Louisville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 160 Louisville, IL 62858-0160
Foundation :	1824
Made up from:	Wayne County , Lawrence County , Fayette County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	13,815  (2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1217 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Clay County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 13,815 residents and a population density of 11.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Louisville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Illinois and has an area of ​​1,217 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The Little Wabash River and Elm Creek flow through the county . The following neighboring counties border Clay County:

Fayette County	Effingham County	Jasper County
Marion County		Richland County
	Wayne County

history

Henry Clay

Older documents show that a Mr. Elliot registered a piece of land in his name in 1818. He is believed to have been the first settler in what would later become Clay County.

Clay County was founded in 1824 from parts of Wayne County, Lawrence Counties and Fayette Counties and united the settlements of Larkinsburg, Blair, Bible Grove, Pixley, Hoosier, Louisville, Oskaloosa, Songer, Xenia, Harter, Stanford and Clay City. The county was named after Henry Clay (1777-1852) from Kentucky , a member of the House of Representatives , the Senate and Secretary of State of the United States.

The first administration was established in Maysville , Louisville became the seat of administration in 1842.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	755		-
1840	3228		327.5%
1850	4289		32.9%
1860	9336		117.7%
1870	15,875		70%
1880	16,192		2%
1890	16,772		3.6%
1900	19,553		16.6%
1910	18,661		-4.6%
1920	17,684		-5.2%
1930	16,155		-8.6%
1940	18,947		17.3%
1950	17,445		-7.9%
1960	15,815		-9.3%
1970	14,735		-6.8%
1980	15,283		3.7%
1990	14,460		-5.4%
2000	14,560		0.7%
2010	13,815		-5.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Clay County had 13,815 people in 5,874 households. The population density was 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 5,874 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,055  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,578. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clay County localities

Citys

• flora

Villages

Clay City Iola Louisville

Sailor Springs Xenia

Unincorporated Communities

Bible Grove Camp Travis Cruse Greendale 1

Hoosier Hord Ingraham Connoisseur

Oskaloosa Riffle Wendelin

^{1 - partially in Marion County}

structure

Clay County is divided into twelve townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Bible Grove Township 344    17-05807 Blair Township 636    17-06392 Clay City Township 1287    17-14728 Hard township 6394    17-33266 Hoosier Township 338    17-36087 Larkinsburg Township 644    17-42158

Township Population (2010) FIPS Louisville Township 1662    17-44940 Oskaloosa Township 322    17-56835 Pixley Township 589    17-60261 Songer Township 342    17-70486 Stanford Township 599    17-72247 Xenia Township 658    17-83752

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Illinois

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424214. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clay County, IL Retrieved November 22, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties. Retrieved November 22, 2012
4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved on February 14, 2011
6. ↑ Clay County - Townships ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 22, 2012 

Web links

Commons : Clay County, Illinois  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• www.city-data.com - Clay County

Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′  N , 88 ° 29 ′  W