Clay County, North Carolina

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Clay County, North Carolina is a small, rural county in the southwestern part of the state, located in the Appalachian Mountains along the Georgia border.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
areaLand approximately 215 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal approximately 221 square miles ⓘ
areaWater approximately 6 square miles ⓘ
borders Cherokee County, North Carolina ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Macon County, North Carolina ⓘ
Towns County, Georgia ⓘ
Union County, Georgia ⓘ
characteristic rural ⓘ
climate humid subtropical / highland-influenced ⓘ
congressionalDistrict North Carolina's 11th congressional district ⓘ
contains Chatuge Lake ⓘ
Hayesville, North Carolina ⓘ
Hiawassee River ⓘ
Nantahala National Forest (part) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Hayesville, North Carolina ⓘ
countySeatSince 1861 ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
established 1861 ⓘ
feature forested landscape ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
small population ⓘ
FIPSCode 37-043 ⓘ
formedFrom Cherokee County, North Carolina ⓘ
GNISID 1023850 ⓘ
governingBody Clay County Board of Commissioners ⓘ
hasAreaCode 828 ⓘ
hasBorderFeature North Carolina–Georgia state line ⓘ
hasZIPCode 28904 ⓘ
isPartOf United States Census Bureau's Murphy, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
largestSettlement Hayesville, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
Western North Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Clay ⓘ
population approximately 11,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
populationDensity low ⓘ
postalAbbreviation NC ⓘ
linked to: North Carolina
region Southern Appalachian region ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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North Carolina's 11th congressional district → contains → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
Western North Carolina → contains → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
subject linked to: western North Carolina
Towns County → borders → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
Nantahala National Forest → county → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
George W. Truett → placeOfBirth → Clay County, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
linked to: Clay County, North Carolina
Macon County, North Carolina → borders → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
Chatuge Dam → locatedInCounty → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina → passesThrough → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ
Lake Chatuge → hasShorelineIn → Clay County, North Carolina ⓘ