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Clay

Clay County

The Indiana Legislature mandated Clay County in 1825, with territory partitioned from Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, and Vigo counties. Its name honors Henry Clay who was a famous American statesman. The first Courthouse for the county was built in 1828 and it was a two-story structure of hand-hewn logs. Once the population staerted to increase by the late 1830’s, a second courthouse was built and served the county until it was destroyed by fire on Novmeber 30, 1851. With a population count of 26,170 residents, the county also has a total area of 360 sqaure miles.

 

Clay County

The land provided by Knox, Floyd and, Madison counties, Clay County was established in 1807 with the original courthouse burning down in January in 1936 and it was named after Green Clay who was the first cousin to former state legislator and Kentuckian Henry Clay. Sitting at 471 square miles and is home to 20,105 residents.