Clay County, Illinois, United States

Details for Clay County

Name

Clay County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Louisville (Louisville Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		38.8333794		38° 50' 00.2" N
Longitude		-88.4833811		88° 29' 00.2" W

Population

14,460

Elevation

153 m

Surrounding Counties

Jasper NE
Richland E
Wayne S
Marion SW
Fayette NW
Effingham N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424214

Histopolis Place ID

596944749

Updated Dec 3, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Clay County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Clay County, Illinois County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Clay County, Illinois, IL - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6018 (17 Dec 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Clay County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Clay County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Clay/cem/ (20 Aug 2009)

EveryNameIndex.com - Every Name Index to History of Wayne & Clay Co, IL (1884) [everynameindex.com] Added Dec 3, 2011
Compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2010. Original text by Globe Publishing Co., 1884, reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1970. This index contains over 18,100 entries.
http://www.everynameindex.com/ClayCoIL.html (2 Dec 2011)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/clay/cemetery.html (5 Oct 2009)

Clay County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Clay County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6018&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (16 Jan 2008)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=13 (10 Mar 2011)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=702 (5 Sep 2009)

The Political Graveyard: Clay County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CY.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Clay County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Clay County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Clay/ (3 Mar 2010)

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Surveys in Clay County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 18 Townships

The Third Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Clay County. You can navigate to any of the 18 survey townships that overlap Clay County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Clay County

12 Townships

Bible Grove	Blair	Clay City	Harter
Hoosier	Larkinsburg	Louisville	Oskaloosa
Pixley	Songer	Stanford	Xenia

Cities of Clay County

1 City, 5 Villages, 13 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Bethel (historical u.p.)	Bible Grove	Camp Travis	Clay City (village)
Cruse	Flora (city)	Greendale	Hoosier
Hord	Ingraham	Iola (village)	Kenner
Louisville (village)	Maysville	Oskaloosa	Riffle
Sailor Springs (village)	Wendelin	Xenia (village)

Cemeteries of Clay County

70 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Barnes	Bloom	Brooks	Brown
Burge	Burke	Camp Ground	Christian Home
Clay City	Conly	Dillman	Ditter
Edwards Family	Elmwood	Fender	Garden of Memories
German	Golden	Hoosier Prairie	Independent Order of Oddfellows
Ingraham	Iola	Jenkins	Keen Chapel
Kinnamon	Kneff	Leonard	Levitte
Lewis	Littleton	Logan Family	McCawley
McKinney	McKnight	Meisenheimer	Mount Zion United Brethren
Mt. Zion United Brethren (*)	Negro	Newton Chapel	Number Four
Oak Mound	Old Louisville	Old Union	Orchard Hill
Oskaloosa	Parker	Price	Red Brush
Reed	Riffle	Rodgers	Rusk
Saint Johns	Saint Paul	Saint Stephens	Salem
Shouse Chapel	Smith	Songer	Speaks
St. Johns (*)	St. Paul (*)	St. Stephens (*)	Stipp
Toliver	Tolliver	Travis	Wachtel
Weidner	Wendelin-Holy Cross	Wesley	White
Woods (Larkinsburg Township)	Woods (Pixley Township)

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