Clay Center, Kansas

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The city of Clay Center is located in Clay County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Clay Center: Clay Ctr. (or less commonly used: Clay Cen., Clay Cent. or Clay Cntr.)

Clay Center is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Clay Center lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Both Nebraska and Ohio have communities that are also named Clay Center.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Clay Center had a population of 4,564 people^<2> (or 51.79% of the total population of Clay County). The population of Clay Center represented 0.17% of the total of Kansas, making it the state's 61st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Clay Center had a population of 4,442 people. This is a decrease of 2.67% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Clay Center.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clifton	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	502	9.87% decrease
	Green	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	139	5.44% decrease
	Leonardville	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	475	19.35% increase
	Milford	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	426	15.14% decrease
	Miltonvale	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	470	10.13% decrease
	Morganville	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	198	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Clay Center.

The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Clay Center. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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