Clay County is a
county located
in the U.S.
state of
Minnesota. As of
2000, the
population was
51,229. Its name
is in honor of
Henry Clay,
famous American
statesman,
member of the
United States
Senate from
Kentucky and
United States
Secretary of
State in the
19th century.
Its county seat
is Moorhead. It
was originally
called
Breckenridge
County, but
changed to its
current name in
1862. According
to the U.S.
Census Bureau,
the county has a
total area of
1,053 square
miles (2,727
kmē), of which,
1,045 square
miles (2,707
kmē) of it is
land and 7
square miles (19
kmē) of it
(0.71%) is
water.
