Welcome to Clay Springs ...

Clay Springs is located in Navajo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clay Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

A typical abbreviation for Clay Springs: Clay Spgs. (or less commonly used: Clay Spngs. or Clay Sprngs.)

Clay Springs is 6,300 feet [1,920 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Clay Springs is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Clay Springs lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Clay Springs is located in the (928) area code.

The ZIP code for Clay Springs: 85923<3>

Communities Also Named Clay Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clay Springs - it's located in Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clay Springs.

Communities near Clay Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clay Springs.

• Show Low
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Show Low
  • Show Low is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Show Low <4>
• Snowflake
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
  • Snowflake is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,114 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowflake <4>
• Taylor
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
• Pinedale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinedale
  • Pinedale is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinedale <4>
• Linden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
  • Linden is located in Navajo County
• Overgaard
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overgaard
  • Overgaard is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overgaard <4>
• Heber - Overgaard
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber - Overgaard
  • Heber - Overgaard is located in Navajo County
• White Mountain Lakes Estates
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mountain Lakes Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mountain Lakes Estates
  • White Mountain Lakes Estates is located in Navajo County
• Heber
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber
  • Heber is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber <4>
• White Mountain Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mountain Lake
  • White Mountain Lake is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Mountain Lake <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Clay Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clay Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clay Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clay Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Clay Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Clay Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clay Springs ...

Looking for more information about Clay Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Clay Springs, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Clay Springs.

Adding Clay Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clay Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Clay Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clay Springs post office opened in 1917.

We also found Clay Springs on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clay Springs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clay Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/