Clay County (Illinois)
The Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 13,815 inhabitants and a population density of 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Louisville.
Geography
The County is located in the central south-east of Illinois and has an area of 1217 square kilometers, of which two square miles are water. Through the flow of the Little Wabash River County and the Elm Creek. At the Clay County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
Older documents show that Mr. Elliot in 1818 a piece of land has to his name to register. He may have been the first settler in the later Clay County.
The Clay County was founded in 1824 from parts of Wayne County, Lawrence County and Fayette County and united the settlements Larkinsburg, Blair, Bible Grove, Pixley, Hoosier, Louisville, Oskaloosa, Songer, Xenia, Harter, Stanford and Clay City. The county was named after Henry Clay (1777-1852) of Kentucky, a member of the House, the Senate and Secretary of State.
The first administration was set up in Maysville, Louisville in 1842 the seat of the administration.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Clay County 13,815 people in 5,874 households. The population density was 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5,874 households lived statistically 2.27 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.7 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 37,055. The per capita income was $ 19,578. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Clay County
Citys
- Flora
Villages
- Clay City
- Iola
- Louisville
- Sailor Springs
- Xenia
Unincorporated communities
- Bible Grove
- Camp Travis
- Cruse
- Greendale1
- Hoosier
- Hord
- Ingraham
- Expert
- Oskaloosa
- Riffle
- Wendelin
1 - partially in Marion County
Structure
The Clay County is divided into twelve townships: