Clay County, North Carolina Basics:


Clay County North Carolina - Government Site

Population: 10,645
Area: 215 square miles
County seat: Hayesville
Area code(s) in use: 828
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.2%
Median household income: $38,536
Persons in poverty: 22.6%
Home ownership rate: 81.3%
Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Cherokee  Macon  Rabun (GA)  Towns (GA)  Union (GA)  

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Map of the Clay County area


Our detail map of Clay County shows the Clay County, North Carolina boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Clay County, North Carolina

  Airports     show all on map

Tusquittee Landing Airport

  Basins     show all on map

Crawford Flats

  Bays     show all on map

Armstrong Cove, Burrell Cove, Chambers Cove, Dayton Cove, Gibson Cove, Lemon Cove, McClure Cove, McIntosh Cove, Philadelphia Church Cove, Pitts Cove, Woods Creek

  Bends     show all on map

Mule Flats Bend, Suddawig Bottom

  Bridges     show all on map

Barnard Bridge, Lower Tusquitee Bridge, Sanderson Bridge, Shallow Ford Bridge, Upper Tusquitee Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Brasstown Volunteer Fire Department, Clay County Ambulance Service, Clay County Fire and Rescue Squad, Clay County Fire and Rescue Station 2, Clay County Fire and Rescue Station 3, Clay County Fire and Rescue Station 4, Hinton Rural Life Center, Shooting Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Warne Volunteer Fire Department

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Fires Creek Cemetery, Galloway Hill Cemetery, Hayesville Cemetery, Ledford Cemetery, Ledford Chapel Cemetery, McClure Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Bethabara Church, Bethel Church, Bethesda Church, Copperhill Church, Downing Creek Church, Eagle Fork Church, Fires Creek Church, Hayesville Church, Hickory Stand Church, Jenkins Church, Ledford Chapel, Marshall Chapel, Martin Hill Church, Meadow Grove Church, Mission Hill Church, Moss Church, Mount Pisgah Church, Myers Chapel, New Hope Church, Oak Forest Church, Oakview Church, Ogden Church, Old Shooting Creek Church, Philadelphia Church, Pine Grove Church, Shady Grove Church, Shiloh Church, Sweetwater Church, Truett Memorial Church, Tusquitee Church, Tusquitee Church, Union Chapel

  Dams     show all on map

Carrol Lake Dam, Chatuge Dam, Mission Dam, Mission Dam, Neal Cabe Dam, Saddle Dam 1, Saddle Dam 2, Saddle Dam 3, Wilson Shepard Dam

  Falls     show all on map

Leatherwood Falls

  Gaps     show all on map

Bear Gap, Bearpen Gap, Beech Gap, Black Gap, Bly Gap, Carroll Gap, Carter Gap, Carver Gap, Case Knife Gap, Cold Spring Gap, Deep Gap, Deep Gap, Deep Gap, Glade Gap, Grassy Gap, Hulda Gap, Kimball Gap, Ledford Gap, Licklog Gap, Low Gap, Perry Gap, Phone Line Gap, Pigpen Gap, Polecat Gap, Russell Gap, Salley Gap, Sassafras Gap, Shearer Gap, Smackass Gap, Squirrel Spring Gap, Steve Gap, Stump Gap, Sweetwater Gap, Tate Gap, Tusquitee Gap, Venus Gap, Wateroak Gap

  Islands     show all on map

Brown Island, Gibby Island, Merry Island, Penland Island

  Lakes     show all on map

Carroll Lake

  Locales     show all on map

Armstrong Dock, Bob Allison Picnic Area, Bristol Camp, Bristol Hunter Camp, Deep Gap Campground, Fires Creek Camp, Fires Creek Picnic Area, George W Truett Camp, Jackrabbit Campground, Jackrabbit Mountain Picnic Area, Muskrat Creek Shelter, Ogden, Plott Mill, Thirty Mile Post

  Parks     show all on map

Clay County Park, Fires Creek Wildlife Management Area, Nantahala Purchase Unit

  Populated Places     show all on map

Brasstown, Elf, Fires Creek, Hayesville, Pine Log Village, Pinelog, Shewbird, Shooting Creek, Tusquitee, Warne

  Reserves     show all on map

Southern Nantahala Wilderness

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Chatuge Lake, Hayesville Reservoir, Mission Lake, Neal Cabe Lake, Wilson Shepard Lake

  Ridges     show all on map

Arch Ridge, Beal Ridge, Bearpen Ridge, Big Kitchens Ridge, Big Pine Ridge, Big Spring Ridge, Boardtree Ridge, Bristol Ridge, Bruce Ridge, Brushy Ridge, Canup Ridge, Dead Line Ridge, Evans Ridge, Fairfield Ridge, Fork Ridge, Fork Ridge, Garland Ridge, Garrison Ridge, Gold Mine Ridge, Graveyard Ridge, Hogan Ridge, Jake Ridge, Johnson Ridge, Julie Ridge, Julie Ridge, Kimsey Ridge, Kitty Ridge, Little Kitchens Ridge, Lloyd Ridge, Marbleyard Ridge, Middle Ridge, Newt Ridge, Omphus Ridge, Phillips Ridge, Pigpen Ridge, Pine Ridge, Ravenrock Ridge, Rockhouse Ridge, Sassafras Ridge, Scaly Ridge, Sharptop Ridge, Shinbone Ridge, Shoal Ridge, Snake Ridge, Springhouse Ridge, Tarkiln Ridge, Trail Ridge, Tusquitee Mountains, Wolf Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Hayesville Elementary School, Hayesville High School, Ogden School, Shooting Creek School, Sweetwater School

  Streams     show all on map

Allbone Branch, Anderson Branch, Auberry Branch, Bald Springs Branch, Barnards Creek, Barrett Branch, Beach Creek, Bee Branch, Beech Branch, Beech Creek, Beech Flats Branch, Bell Creek, Bethabara Creek, Betty Branch, Big Tuni Creek, Black Branch, Blair Creek, Bluff Branch, Boardtree Branch, Bob Branch, Bob Prater Branch, Boone Branch, Brasstown Creek, Bristol Branch, Buchanan Branch, Buck Creek, Buckner Branch, Bullscrape Branch, Burch Cove Branch, Burnt Cabin Branch, Byers Branch, Caesar Austin Branch, Camp Branch, Carroll Branch, Carver Branch, Carver Creek, Chairmaker Branch, Charlies Creek, Cherry Cove Branch, Chestnut Branch, Chestnut Branch, Chestnut Branch, Chimney Rock Branch, Church Branch, Clabber Branch, Clear Creek, Clear Spring Branch, Cold Branch, Coldspring Branch, Coleman Creek, Coleman River, Collett Camp Branch, Compass Creek, Copper Mine Branch, Crawford Branch, Crawford Creek, Curtis Branch, Dave Barrett Creek, Davenport Branch, Davenport Branch, Deep Gap Branch, Dick Branch, Downing Creek, Eagle Fork Creek, Evans Branch, Fall Branch, Far Bald Spring Branch, Fires Creek, Fishprong Branch, Flintspring Branch, Game Branch, Giesky Creek, Glade Branch, Greasy Creek, Greasy Creek, Gumlog Creek, Haigler Camp Branch, Hall Branch, Hickory Cove Creek, Hothouse Branch, Hurricane Creek, Huskins Branch, Hyatt Mill Creek, Jake Branch, Jane Rabun Branch, Jenkins Branch, John Reese Branch, Johnson Branch, Johnson Creek, Julie Branch, Ketron Camp Branch, Kimsey Branch, Laurel Branch, Laurel Creek, Leatherwood Branch, Ledford Branch, Ledford Creek, Lee Ledford Branch, Left Prong Johnson Creek, Licklog Creek, Little Buck Creek, Little Fires Creek, Little Tuni Creek, Locust Log Branch, Logan Cove Branch, Loggy Branch, Long Branch, Long Branch, Long Branch, Lynch Branch, Lyon Branch, Matlock Creek, Messer Branch, Mill Creek, Mill Creek, Mob Branch, Moore Branch, Morgan Branch, Moss Branch, Mud Branch, Mud Branch, Mull Branch, Muskrat Branch, Nattie Branch, Needmore Branch, North Fork Blair Creek, Old House Branch, Padgett Branch, Passmore Branch, Passmore Branch, Patterson Branch, Payne Branch, Peckerwood Branch, Pendergrass Branch, Penland Branch, Perry Creek, Pigpen Branch, Pinelog Creek, Potrock Branch, Pounding Mill Creek, Qually Creek, Rockhouse Creek, Rocking Chair Branch, Rocky Branch, Rocky Cove Branch, Rocky Creek, Rogues Branch, Russell Branch, Sapsucker Branch, Sassafras Branch, Schoolhouse Branch, Shearer Creek, Shoal Branch, Shooting Creek, Short Branch, Snake Branch, Sneaking Creek, South Fork Blair Creek, Stable Branch, Stephens Branch, Steve Branch, Stillhouse Branch, Stillhouse Branch, Stillhouse Branch, Suddawig Branch, Sunday Branch, Sweetwater Creek, Tate Branch, Tatham Cabin Branch, Thompson Creek, Thumping Creek, Thunderstruck Branch, Tipton Branch, Town Creek, Trout Cove Branch, Tusquitee Creek, Vineyard Creek, Walker Branch, Water Spout Branch, Wateroak Creek, Watson Branch, Webb Creek, Wheeler Branch, Will Mason Branch, Winchester Creek, Wolfpen Branch, Woods Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Ammon Knob, Ash Knob, Ashe Knob, Barlow High Top, Beach Mountain, Beal Knob, Bell Knob, Big Laurel, Big Peachtree Bald, Big Scaly, Big Stamp, Birch Knob, Boteler Peak, Brushy Mountain, Carroll Mountain, Chasteen Mountain, Cherry Mountain, Chestnut Stomp Knob, Chunky Gal Mountain, Clay Knob, Courthouse Bald, Dan Knob, Dan Knob, Davy Mountain, Defeat Knob, Doe Knob, Double Knobs, Dyer Top, Fender Knob, Fort Hill, Galloway Mountain, Garland Mountain, Graveyard High Top, Ivy Knob, Jackrabbit Mountain, Jim Carroll Top, Joe Knob, Johnson Bald, Julie High Top, Julie Knob, Kitchens Knob, Kitchens Knob, Little Clay Knob, Little Mountain, Matlock Bald, Milksick Knob, Orators Knob, Pigpen Knob, Pine Knob, Piney Mountain, Piney Mountain, Piney Top, Plot Knob, Potrock Bald, Riley Knob, Rocky Top, Round Top Mountain, Sassafras Knob, Schoolhouse Hill, Sharp Top, Shewbird Mountain, Shortoff Knob, Signal Bald, Stamey Knob, Taylor Knob, The Flea, The Pinnacle, Town Mountain, Tusquitee Bald, Vineyard Mountain, Watkins Knob, Whiteoak Stamp, Wiggins Top, Yellow Mountain

  Valleys     show all on map

Beach Cove, Birch Cove, Bull Cove, Burnt Cabin Cove, Carter Cove, Cherry Cove, Collary Cove, Coot Cove, Dark Cove, Dyer Cove, Grapevine Cove, Greasy Cove, Green Cove, Henson Cove, Hogan Cove, Hogsed Cove, Holden Cove, Holden Cove, Horselot Cove, Hyatt Cove, Jackie Cove, Jake Cove, Jake Deal Cove, Joe Cove, Joel Cove, Julie Cove, Kelly Cove, Lance Cove, Ledford Cove, Logan Cove, Matheson Cove, Milksick Cove, Milksick Cove, Moody Cove, Mull Cove, Owenby Cove, Patterson Cove, Pine Cove, Poplar Cove, Riley Cove, Rough Cove, Sanderson Cove, Sawyer Cove, Sewell Cove, Sugar Cove, Sugar Cove, Tom Cove, Trout Cove, Virge Cove, Walnut Cove, Walnut Cove, Winchester Cove,

Clay County, North Carolina Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteClay County White population 10,33610,336  
MixedClay County Mixed population 138138
BlackClay County Black population 106106
American IndianClay County American Indian population 4342
AsianClay County Asian population 3231
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderClay County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 00

Additional population tables :
State population table
North Carolina population by county