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History · Clayton

Clayton’s post office opened in 1894, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Clayton was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Its Register listing is the Clayton School.

1894first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Clayton began

When was Clayton founded?

1894

The Clayton post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 420132 years
Founding year: the first Clayton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Clayton

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2003
Clayton School
Clayton School, built 1915
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

American Renaissance1
Clayton SchoolAmerican Renaissance · Built 1915

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Clayton’s post office has been open since 1894.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Clayton Meadows Mobile Home Park

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Clayton’s history

What year was Clayton founded?

The Clayton post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Clayton?

One place: the Clayton School (listed 2003).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.