Clay County, North Carolina

Founding: 1861
Parent county: Cherokee

Namesake: Henry Clay, Kentucky politician
Seat: Hayesville (1861–)

Land area: 215 square miles

Population (2020): 11,089

Population (historic): 2,461 (1870); 4,197 (1890); 3,909 (1910); 5,434 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–1940; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 135 (1.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $329
Average outbuilding value (1930): $127
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 808
Average farm size (1920): 30.8 acres
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Hayesville

Namesake: George Hayes, local politician

Founding: 1861 (platting); 1868 (post office); 1913 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 461

Population (historic): 35 (1870); 257 (1920); 305 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 38 (16.1%)
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