Clay Center, Kansas

Clay Center is a city in Clay County, Kansas, United States.[5] It is also the county seat of Clay County. In 2010, 4,334 people lived there.[6]

Clay Center, Kansas
City and County seat
Clay County Courthouse (2006)
Clay County Courthouse (2006)
Location within Clay County and Kansas
Location within Clay County and Kansas
KDOT map of Clay County (legend)
KDOT map of Clay County (legend)
Coordinates: 39°22′48″N 97°7′23″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyClay
Founded1862
Incorporated1875
Government
 • MayorJames Thatcher
Area
[1]
 • Total3.08 sq mi (7.98 km2)
 • Land3.08 sq mi (7.98 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,201 ft (366 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total4,334
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
3,989
 • Density1,400/sq mi (540/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
67432
Area code785
FIPS code20-13625
GNIS ID0476034 [4]
Websitecityofclaycenter.com

History

Clay Center was created in 1862.[7] It was named "Clay Center" because it was the geographical center of Clay County.[8]

The first post office in Clay Center was built on July 3, 1862.[9]

Clay Center was on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.[10]

Geography

Clay Center is at 39°22′48″N 97°7′23″W (39.379920, -97.123168).[11] The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of 3.08 square miles (7.98 km2). All of it is land.[1] Clay Center is unique, because it is the geographic midpoint between Los Angeles, California and New York City, the two biggest American cities. Both cities are exactly 1,224 mi (1,970 km) from Clay Center.[12]

People
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18801,753—
18902,80259.8%
19003,0699.5%
19103,43812.0%
19203,7158.1%
19304,38618.1%
19404,5183.0%
19504,5280.2%
19604,6131.9%
19704,9637.6%
19804,948−0.3%
19904,613−6.8%
20004,564−1.1%
20104,334−5.0%
2018 (est.)3,989[3]−8.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[13]
2012 Estimate[14]

2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 4,334 people, 1,920 households, and 1,172 families living in Clay Center.[2]

Famous people
  • Herb Bradley, professional baseball player
  • Tracy Claeys, Washington State football defensive coordinator and former University of Minnesota football head coach
  • Warren Henry Cole, surgeon who pioneered X-ray use in medicine
  • George Docking, former governor of Kansas
  • Steve Doocy, host for Fox News Fox & Friends tv talk show and author
  • Tenney Frank, noted scholar and historian
  • Lady Greyhound (dog), marketing mascot for Greyhound Lines in the late 1950s
  • Nicole Ohlde, basketball player and WNBA player
  • Otto D. Unruh, two-time Bethel College football coach and 21-year coaching career at Clay Center Kansas High School
  • William D. Vincent, United States Representative

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  4. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  5. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  6. "2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  7. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 361. ISBN 9780722249055.
  8. Kansas State Historical Society (1916). Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas State Printing Plant. p. 160.
  9. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  10. "Geohydrology of Clay County". Kansas Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  12. ""As The Crow Flies" Distance Calculator". Tjpeiffer. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing". Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  14. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

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