Clayton, Alabama
town in Alabama, United States of America
Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The population was 2,265 at the 2020 census.[2]
Clayton, Alabama | |
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 Courthouse Square and Confederate Monument in Clayton | |
 Location of Clayton in Barbour County, Alabama. | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′39″N 85°26′56″W / 31.87750°N 85.44889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Barbour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.78 sq mi (17.55 km2) |
| • Land | 6.78 sq mi (17.55 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 591 ft (180 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,265 |
| • Density | 334.27/sq mi (129.06/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36016 |
| Area code | 334 |
| FIPS code | 01-15376 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0116206 |
Geography
changeClayton is located at 31°52'39.014" North, 85°26'56.486" West (31.877504, -85.449024).[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18 km2), all of which is land.[1]
Education
changeClayton is served by Barbour County Schools. Barbour County High School and Barbour County Primary School are located in the town of Clayton.
Notable natives
change- Tyrone 'Ty' Adams (born 1949) - playwright (Conecuh,Wallace: The Clayton Years)
- George W. Andrews (1906–1971) - U.S. House of Representatives
- Billy Beasley (born 1940)- Alabama State Senate
- Jere Beasley (born 1935)- Two term Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and acting Governor of Alabama
- Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862–1918)- U.S. House of Representatives representing New York and U.S. Army officer killed in World War I.
- Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr. (1857–1929) - U.S. House of Representatives, author of the Clayton Act regulating antitrust behavior.
- Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. (1827–1889) - major general in the Confederate army; President of the University of Alabama
- Preston C. Clayton (d. 1996)- Alabama State Senate and Associate Justice of State of Alabama Supreme Court
- Travis Grant (born 1950) - college and professional basketball player
- Draffus Lamar Hightower (1899–1993)- photographer, reocrded changes to Barbour County through the 20th century[4]
- Clarence Clemet Hodge (1893–1967) - Major League Baseball pitcher
- John E. Horne (1908–1985) - Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
- Ann Lowe (1899–1981)- Designer of wedding dress for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis for her marriage to John F. Kennedy.
- James Sammons (1927–2001) - Chairman of the Board of Trustees and later Executive Vice Presidentof the American Medical Association
- George Wallace (1919–1998) - Governor of Alabama and U.S. President candidate
- George C. Wallace, Jr. (born 1951) - Alabama State Treasurer
- Lurleen Wallace (1926–1968) - Governor of Alabama 1926-1968
- James J. Winn (born 1907- ?) - Colonel in U.S. Army; Chief military aide to Gen. George C. Marshall during World War II
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Clayton city, Alabama". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ To Remember a Vanishing World: D.L. Hightower's Photography of Barbour County, Alabama, 1930 - 1965. Thomason, Michael V.R. and Michael Thomason,University of Alabama Press (1997) ISBN 0-945477-11-2
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