Clay County, South Dakota

administration
Clay County Courthouse
US state :	South Dakota
Administrative headquarters :	Vermillion
Foundation :	1862
Demographics
Residents :	13,864 (2010)
Population density :	13 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1079 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Clay County is a district in the state of South Dakota in the United States . It is named after the US Secretary of State Henry Clay .

geography

The district has an area of 1,079 square kilometers; 13 square kilometers (1.22 percent) of this is water. It is divided into 12 townships: Bethel, Fairview Garfield, Glenwood, Meckling, Norway, Pleasant Valley, Prairie Center, Riverside, Spirit Mound, Star, Vermillion.

history

The county was founded on April 10, 1862 and named after the prominent politician Henry Clay .

The Garfield Township Hall is one of 39 entries in the county NRHP.

39 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 30, 2018).

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	9316	-
1910	8711	-6.5%
1920	9654	10.8%
1930	10,088	4.5%
1940	9592	-4.9%
1950	10,993	14.6%
1960	10,810	-1.7%
1970	12,923	19.5%
1980	13,689	5.9%
1990	13,186	-3.7%
2000	13,537	2.7%
2010	13,864	2.4%
1900-1990 2000

cities and communes

Cities ( cities )

Communities ( towns )

Wakonda

Unregulated areas

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Clay County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 61 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

42.92 -96.97Coordinates: 42 ° 55 ′ N , 96 ° 58 ′ W

[1] Clay County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 61 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 30, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011