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
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cemeteries of Clay County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi