Clay County, Kansas

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Clay County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Clay Center
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 98
Clay Center, KS 67432-0098
Foundation : February 20, 1857
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 785
Demographics
Residents : 8535  (2010)
Population density : 5.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1698 km²
Water surface : 30 km²
map
Map of Clay County within Kansas
Website : www.claycountyks.org

Clay County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Clay Center . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in northeast Kansas, is about 25 miles north of Nebraska and has an area of ​​1,698 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Washington County , Riley County , Geary County , Dickinson County , Ottawa County, and Cloud County .

history

Henry Clay

Clay County was formed as the original Free Territory county on March 20, 1857. It was named after Henry Clay , a US politician, member of the House of Representatives , the Senate , Secretary of State , multiple presidential candidate and opponent of slavery .

With the Republican River flowing through the county from northwest to southwest, bridge building played an important role in the county's history. The first bridge was built in 1875 near Clay Center, the second in 1880 near Vining. Other bridges at Wakefield, Morganville, and Broughton followed. The first school was established near Lincoln Creek in 1864. The first church was built in Clay Center in 1868.

4 of the county's structures and sites are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 163 -
1870 2942 1,704.9%
1880 12,320 318.8%
1890 16,146 31.1%
1900 15,833 -1.9%
1910 15,251 -3.7%
1920 14,365 -5.8%
1930 14,556 1.3%
1940 13,281 -8.8%
1950 11,697 -11.9%
1960 10,675 -8.7%
1970 9890 -7.4%
1980 9802 -0.9%
1990 9158 -6.6%
2000 8822 -3.7%
2010 8535 -3.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Clay County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Clay County had 8,822 people in 3,617 households and 2,517 families in Clay County. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.72 percent white, 0.57 percent African American, 0.41 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian and 0.26 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.83 percent of the population.

Of the 3,617 households, 30.5 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 59.9 percent were married couples living together, 6.1 percent were single mothers, and 30.4 percent were non-families. 27.7 percent of all households were single households and 15.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 23.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.7 percent between 45 and 64 years and 20.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 95.6 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 33,965 , and the median income for a family is $ 41,103. Males had a median income of $ 28,817 versus $ 17,760 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,939. 6.8 percent of families and 10.1 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Clay County (Kansas)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 484983. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Clay County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 39 ° 22 ′  N , 97 ° 9 ′  W