Clay County is the name of 18 counties in the United States. Most are named for Henry Clay, U.S. Senator and statesman:
- Clay County, Alabama
- Clay County, Arkansas (named for John Clayton, and originally named Clayton County)
- Clay County, Florida
- Clay County, Georgia
- Clay County, Illinois
- Clay County, Indiana
- Clay County, Iowa (named for Henry Clay, Jr., son of Henry Clay and a soldier in the Mexican-American War)
- Clay County, Kansas
- Clay County, Kentucky (named for Green Clay, cousin of Henry Clay, a member of the Kentucky state legislature)
- Clay County, Minnesota
- Clay County, Mississippi
- Clay County, Missouri
- Clay County, Nebraska
- Clay County, North Carolina
- Clay County, South Dakota
- Clay County, Tennessee
- Clay County, Texas
- Clay County, West Virginia
Famous quotes containing the words clay and/or county:
“You may melt your metals and cast them into the most beautiful moulds you can; they will never excite me like the forms which this molten earth flows out into. And not only it, but the institutions upon it are plastic like clay in the hands of the potter.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But I would say to my fellows, once for all, As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)