Welcome to Claud ...
Claud is located in Houston County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Claud, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, Claud has a population of 2,204 people<2> (see below for details).
Time Zone: Claud lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Claud is within the (478) area code.
Population Details ...
Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Claud had an population of 2,204 people. This is a decrease of 19.74% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.16% since the 2000 Census).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Claud had a population of 2,746 people.
The population of Claud represents 0.03% of the population of Georgia (which has 9,687,653 people).
With a 2010 count of 2,746 people, the population of Claud increased 20.65% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,276 people).
More information can be found on the Census Page for Claud.
Communities Also Named Claud ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Claud - they are located in Alabama, Missouri (2), New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Claud.
Adding Claud to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Claud in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Claud was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Claud post office opened in 1891.
We also found Claud in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Claud.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Claud. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Houston County: www.houstoncountyga.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Houston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Claud. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |