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Welcome to Clay City ...

Clay City is located in Pierce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clay City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

Clay City is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Clay City lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Clay City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Clay City - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kentucky and Missouri.

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

Communities near Clay City ...

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

  • Puyallup
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bonney Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sumner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Yelm
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
    • Yelm is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <3>
  • Orting
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Buckley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Eatonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Roy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
    • Roy is located in Pierce County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <3>
  • Carbonado
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilkeson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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 City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clay City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Clay City. 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 City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clay City ...

Looking for more information about Clay City? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Clay City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Clay City.

Adding Clay City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clay City 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 City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clay City post office opened in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clay City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/