Clay (MS)

Welcome to Clay County ...

Time Zone: Clay County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of West Point is the Seat for Clay County.

Clay County was founded in 1871.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Clay had a population of 19,316 people. This is a decrease of 6.05% since the last Census (which gave a population of 20,560 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Clay represented 0.69% of the total population of Mississippi.

Websites of Interest ...

Websites specific to Mississippi
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- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Websites specific to Clay County
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Websites for nearby counties
- Chickasaw County
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- Lowndes County
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- Monroe County
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- Oktibbeha County
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- Webster County
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Cemetery Information and Directories
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- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clay County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi

Footnotes ...

<1>	On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.