Clay County, Arkansas

Overview

• Population: 17,609 (Change since 1990: -2.8%)
• Created: March 24, 1873
• County seats: Corning and Piggott
• Largest town: Piggott (Pop. 3,894)
• Name origin: Henry Clay

Populated Places

• Bell City (Unincorporated)
  • Located southwest of Nimmons on CR 530
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'16" N, 90°07'19" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 265
  • Civil township: Payne
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North
• Boydsville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at eastern intersection AR 90 and AR 141
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'03" N, 90°23'01" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 25
  • Elevation: 340
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Boydsville
  • Founded: 1877
  • Map: 1878
• Brookings (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Peach Orchard on Spur AR 280
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'06" N, 90°43'14" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 270
  • Civil township: Clark
  • USGS Quad: Peach Orchard
• Cache Lake (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 135 southeast of Knobel
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'44" N, 90°31'59" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 288
  • Civil township: Wilson
  • USGS Quad: Knobel
• Carryville (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 528 north of Nimmons
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'32" N, 90°06'14" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 275
  • Civil township: Swain
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North
  • Map: 1914
• Corning (City)
  • Population: 3,679 (Change since 1990: +10.7%)
  • Located at intersection US 62 and US 67
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°24'28" N, 90°34'47" W
• Crockett (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 431 and CR 450 west of Piggott
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'33" N, 90°19'50" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Bradshaw
  • USGS Quad: Pollard
• Datto (Town)
  • Population: 97 (Change since 1990: -19.2%)
  • Located along US 67 near the Randolph County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°23'30" N, 90°43'51" W
• Greenway (Town)
  • Population: 244 (Change since 1990: +15.1%)
  • Located on US 49 southwest of Piggott
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'28" N, 90°13'13" W
• Hammett (Historical)
  • Located on the railroad between Rector and Greenway
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°18'51" N, 90°14'30" W
  • Elevation: 275
  • Civil township: Haywood
  • USGS Quad: Greenway
  • Map: 1898 McNally (Hammetts)
• Hargrave Corner (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction US 49 and AR 90 east of Rector
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'33" N, 90°13'45" W
  • Elevation: 255
  • Civil township: Blue Cane
  • USGS Quad: Greenway
• Heelstring (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 116 southwest of Corning
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°21'13" N, 90°41'40" W
  • Elevation: 286
  • Civil township: Kilgore
  • USGS Quad: Peach Orchard
• Heubner (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road southwest of Rector
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°13'01" N, 90°18'43" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 256
  • Civil township: Oak Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Mounds
• Hickoria (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 247 (old railroad grade) southwest of McDougal
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°23'28" N, 90°26'36" W
  • Elevation: 290
  • Civil township: Lemmons
  • USGS Quad: McDougal
• Holly Island (Unincorporated)
  • Located at eastern intersection AR 90 and AR 139 east of Rector
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'33" N, 90°09'29" W
  • Elevation: 265
  • Civil township: Blue Cane
  • USGS Quad: Greenway
• Knob (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 141 southwest of Boydsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°16'53" N, 90°26'53" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 17
  • Elevation: 347
  • Civil township: Knob
  • USGS Quad: Boydsville
• Knobel (Town)
  • Population: 358 (Change since 1990: +12.9%)
  • Located on AR 90 south of Corning
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°19'12" N, 90°36'07" W
• Leonard (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 139 southeast of Rector
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°13'11" N, 90°14'58" W
  • Survey: T. 18 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 260
  • Civil township: Blue Cane
  • USGS Quad: Senath
• Lower Boydsville (Unincorporated)
  • Located just west of Boydsville on AR 90
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'02" N, 90°24'30" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 302
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Boydsville
• Luehrmann (Unincorporated)
  • Located along the railroad between Corning and Knobel just south of Black River, near the end of CR 228
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°21'45" N, 90°35'20" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 290
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Knobel (Not shown)
• McDougal (Town)
  • Population: 195 (Change since 1990: -6.2%)
  • Located at intersection US 62 and AR 141
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°26'24" N, 90°23'29" W
• Mitchell (Unincorporated)
  • Located just west of Greenway on CR 481
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'13" N, 90°14'04" W
  • Elevation: 305
  • Civil township: Haywood
  • USGS Quad: Greenway
• Moark (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 154 just east of US 67 near the Missouri border
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°28'60" N, 90°31'30" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 299
  • Civil township: Cleveland
  • USGS Quad: Corning
• Nimmons (Town)
  • Population: 100 (Change since 1990: +4.2%)
  • Located near junction CR 534 and CR 528 northeast of Holly Island and northwest of Kennett, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°18'24" N, 90°05'40" W
• Palatka (Unincorporated)
  • Located on a county road north of AR 328, northeast of Success
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°27'59" N, 90°39'28" W
  • Survey: T. 21 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 296
  • Civil township: Brown
  • USGS Quad: Datto
• Patterson (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Holly Island
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°16'20" N, 90°07'18" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 267
  • Civil township: Payne
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North
  • Map: 1914
• Peach Orchard (Town)
  • Population: 195 (Change since 1990: -1.0%)
  • Located at junction AR 90 and AR 280 southwest of Knobel
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°16'43" N, 90°39'46" W
• Piggott (City)
  • Population: 3,894 (Change since 1990: +3.1%)
  • Located at junction US 49 and US 62
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'58" N, 90°11'26" W
• Pollard (Town)
  • Population: 240 (Change since 1990: +4.8%)
  • Located at junction US 62 and AR 139 northwest of Piggott
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°25'51" N, 90°16'06" W
• Pratt (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 481 just northeast of Rector
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'18" N, 90°15'57" W
  • Elevation: 283
  • Civil township: Oak Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Rector
• Rector (City)
  • Population: 2,017 (Change since 1990: -11.1%)
  • Located near intersections US 49, AR 90, and AR 119
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'47" N, 90°17'33" W
• Rhyne (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 547 southeast of Piggott
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°21'29" N, 90°08'22" W
  • Elevation: 277
  • Civil township: Swain
  • USGS Quad: Greenway
• Sellmeyer (Historical)
  • Located along the abandoned railroad southeast of Knobel
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°17'25" N, 90°35'13" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 18
  • Elevation: 280
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Knobel (Benchmark shown)
• St. Francis (City)
  • Population: 250 (Change since 1990: +24.4%)
  • Located along US 62 on the west bank of St. Francis River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°27'12" N, 90°08'43" W
• Styra (Unincorporated)
  • Located northwest of Pollard
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°27'30" N, 90°18'19" W
  • Elevation: 305
  • Civil township: Pollard
  • USGS Quad: Pollard (Not shown)
• Success (Town)
  • Population: 180 (Change since 1990: +5.9%)
  • Located at junction AR 211 and AR 328 northwest of Corning
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°27'16" N, 90°43'17" W
• Tipperary (Unincorporated)
  • Located along AR 90 between intersections with AR 135 and AR 141 west of Boydsville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°20'03" N, 90°28'21" W
  • Elevation: 287
  • Civil township: Johnson
  • USGS Quad: Boydsville
• Trammellville (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 90 east of Holly Island
• Trinnon (Unincorporated)
  • Located just east of Piggott on US 62 near junction with AR 1
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'58" N, 90°08'58" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 7
  • Elevation: 278
  • Civil township: St. Francis
  • USGS Quad: Piggott
• Twin Oaks (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°24'43" N, 90°40'04" W
  • Elevation: 294
  • Civil township: Kilgore
  • USGS Quad: Datto
• Walnut Grove (Unincorporated)
  • Located along AR 135 near the intersection with CR 250 southeast of Corning
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°22'17" N, 90°31'29" W
  • Survey: T. 20 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 290
  • Civil township: Gleghorn
  • USGS Quad: Knobel (Shows benchmark and Walnut Grove Church)
• West Kennett (Unincorporated)
  • Located south of Patterson and northwest of Kennett, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°15'35" N, 90°07'18" W
  • Survey: T. 19 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 262
  • Civil township: Payne
  • USGS Quad: Kennett North

History

Name origin

First named for James M. Clayton, but on Dec. 6, 1875 the county name was shortened to Clay in honor of Henry Clay

Demographics