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English: This is a locator map showing Clay County in West Virginia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,051. [1] Its county seat is Clay. [2] The county was founded in 1858 and named in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. [3]
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Clay is centrally located within Clay County at (38.462855, -81.080024), [13] along the Elk River [14] and West Virginia Route 16 at an elevation of 708 feet (216 m). [6] West Virginia Route 4 overlaps with Route 16 in the north of Clay. There is not much bottom land in Clay, as the river cuts a deep gorge through the city, limiting growth.
Procious is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Procious is located on the Elk River and West Virginia Route 4, 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of Clay. Procious has a post office with ZIP code 25164. [2] Adam Procious, an early postmaster, gave the community his name. [3]
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West Virginia: County: Clay: Elevation. 659 ft (201 m) Time zone: UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer : UTC-4 (EDT) GNIS ID: 1741318 [1] King is an unincorporated ...
Unincorporated communities in Clay County, West Virginia (52 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 02:28 (UTC). Text is ...