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Kentucky Counties
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Kentucky Counties
Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind
Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159. |
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Clay County, Kentucky
Clay County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Manchester
Year Organized: 1807
Square Miles: 471
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Court House: 102 Richmond Road
City County Administration Building
Manchester, KY 40962
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Gen. Green Clay (1757-1826), military leader in the War of
1812; represented Kentucky County in the Virginia General Assembly; cousin of
Henry Clay.
Demographics:
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History
Clay county was formed in 1807. It is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 690 to 2235 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 24,556 in a land area of 471.01
square miles, an average of 52.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Manchester. Most of Clay county is within
the Daniel Boone National Forest.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Owsley County
- East: Perry County; Leslie County
- South: Bell County
- Southwest: Knox County
- West: Laurel County
- Northwest: Jackson County
Cities and Towns:
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- Manchester
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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