Clay County, Georgia

Founding: 1854
Parent counties: Early and Randolph
Namesake: Henry Clay, Kentucky senator
Seat: Fort Gaines (1854–)
Land area: 195 square miles
Population (2020): 2,848
Population (historic): 4,893 (1860); 6,650 (1880); 8,568 (1900); 6,943 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910
Subdivisions: Two cities
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 305 (14.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 45.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 34.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $446
Average outbuilding value (1930): $173

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,235
Average farm size (1920): 60.5 acres
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Fort Gaines

 
Namesake: A nearby fort along the Chattahoochee River
Founding: 1816 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1830 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 995
Population (historic): 758 (1870); 1,097 (1890); 1,320 (1910); 1,272 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 201 (37.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1850). 237 Cotton Hill Road. Greek Revival.
2. William Toney House (c. 1810). 6 Day's Avenue.
3. William Castleberry House (1847). 2604 Eufaula Highway. Greek Revival.
4. Richard Grist House (c. 1845). 2 Hilltop Lane. Greek Revival.

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