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Clayton, AL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Clayton  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Clayton Home page. The Clayton Home page provides as much information as possible on Clayton. Knowing Clayton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Clayton’s Home page, you will also find Clayton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Clayton has a population of 2853. 74% of Clayton’s inhabitants are Male, and 26 are female. 19.8% of Clayton is married and 47.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $67,126, and the average rent is $581. Household median income in Clayton is $24,083, and the individual median income is $10,006. Clayton’s Ethnic is the following: Black(66.1%), White(31.7%), Multiple(1.8%), Hispanic(1.6%), Native(0.4%).


Clayton has been the county seat since 1834, two years after the creation of Barbour County. Clayton is located geographically in the center of the county. The town was located at the headwaters of the Pea and Choctawhatchee rivers on the historic road from Hobdy's Bridge over the Pea River to Eufaula on the Chattahoochee River.


By 1818, there were a few settlers in the area around Clayton, but settlement began in earnest around 1823. The town was named for Augustine S. Clayton, a Georgia jurist and congressman. Clayton became the county seat of Barbour County in 1833 and was laid out on a central courthouse square plan. The first Circuit Court was held in Clayton on September 23, 1833.


The Clayton post office was established in September 1835 with John F. Keener as postmaster. Clayton, with a population of 200, was incorporated on December 21, 1841, by the Alabama Legislature. Its first mayor, after incorporation, was John Jackson. Clayton has a rich heritage with four properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


It is also known for its Whiskey Bottle Tombstone, which was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!.Governor George Wallace was born in nearby Clio and began his legal and political career in Clayton. In March 1956, Wallace attended at the Clayton football stadium the first public meeting of the Barbour County White Citizens' Council, with an estimated 4,500 persons attending the white supremacist rally, "the largest rally in the history of the county seat."


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