Clayton

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Clayton

Total population

33

Median home value

$0

10.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$74,250

Clayton$74k

National$74k

Weather61°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates39.74°, -100.18°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Clayton is a city in Decatur and Norton counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 44.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Clayton, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Norcatur
  6.8 mi away · pop. 197
• Jennings
  7.3 mi away · pop. 118
• Oberlin
  19.7 mi away · pop. 1,734
• Edmond
  20.4 mi away · pop. 49
• Hoxie
  29.8 mi away · pop. 1,042
• Prairie View
  32.7 mi away
• Logan
  32.8 mi away · pop. 598
• Herndon
  34.5 mi away · pop. 159
• Bogue
  36.9 mi away · pop. 175
• Long Island
  37 mi away · pop. 136
• Nicodemus
  38.6 mi away
• Ludell
  42.3 mi away · pop. 14

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Clayton

Speech of Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, on affairs in Kansas Territory

John Middleton Clayton · 1856

Study of boiler feed-water treatment at Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science

Floyd Alfred Clayton · 1932

Mother wit

Ronnie W. Clayton · 1990

Chemical and Sr isotope investigations of the lower Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of the Wellington Formation, Rice County, Kansas

Andrew L. Clayton · 1986

Union Station massacre

Merle Clayton · 1975

The propaganda warriors

Clayton D. Laurie · 1996

Loosely Based

Storey Clayton · 2003

Insane and Homestead bills--Clayton amendment

Richard Brodhead · 1854

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Burnt Canyon, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 223 mi
• Wildfire Semi 270, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 226 mi
• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 249 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Western Ironweed

Vernonia baldwinii

Seen 2026-08-05

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

Seen 2025-06-08

Great Plains yucca

Yucca glauca

Seen 2025-03-07

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Seen 2025-03-07

Five-spotted Hawk Moth

Manduca quinquemaculatus

Seen 2022-07-04

White-lined Sphinx

Hyles lineata

Seen 2022-06-22

Plains Lubber Grasshopper

Brachystola magna

Seen 2021-09-23

thistle poppy

Argemone polyanthemos

Seen 2021-07-05

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Seen 2021-06-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-24 11:45 UTC.