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County Courthouse

Clay County Courthouse
712 5th St; PO Box 98
Clay Center, KS 67423-0098
Phone:. 785.632.2552 

County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1911;
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records;
Register of Deeds has land records^[1]

History

The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).^[2]

Parent County

1857--Clay County was created 20 February 1857 as an original county.
County seat: Clay Center ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cloud
• Dickinson
• Geary
• Ottawa
• Riley
• Washington

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Men from Clay County enlisted in the 11th Cavalry Regiment, Company L and the 6th and 13th Infantry Regiments.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Clay County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clay County, Kansas 249 {WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Henry Clay," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).