Welcome to Clayton Lake ...
Clayton Lake is located in Aroostook County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Clayton Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1930.
A typical abbreviation for Clayton Lake: Clayton Lk.
Clayton Lake is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Clayton Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Clayton Lake: 207
The ZIP code for Clayton Lake: 04737<3>
Communities Also Named Clayton Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Clayton Lake - it's located in Oklahoma.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Clayton Lake.
Communities near Clayton Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Clayton Lake.
- Lac Frontiere
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saint Adalbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Daaquam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daaquam
- Saint Pamphile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sainte Lucie de Beauregard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Just de Bretenieres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Fabien de Panet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Fabien de Panet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chapais
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapais
- Panet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panet
Adding Clayton Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Clayton Lake 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 (so far) for Clayton Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Clayton Lake post office opened in 1930.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Clayton Lake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Aroostook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clayton Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Clayton Lake). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Clayton Lake or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <4> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |