Clayton County was named after John M. Clayton, John Quincy Adams. It was established in the year 1837. It encloses an area of 792.81 sq mi. More than 18K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 7.3K households and 5.1K family units. Elkader is the county seat.

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