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Surrounding counties are: Owsley County by Mike Dye, Perry County by Sheri Bush, Leslie County is Adoptable, Bell County is Adoptable, Knox County by Gayle Triller, Laurel County is Adoptable, and Jackson County is Adoptable.
Above: Clay County courthouse in Manchester,
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Sheri Bush, Clay County,
Kentucky Coordinator Jeff Kemp, State Coordinator. Tricia Aanderud, Assistant State Coordinator. Kentucky needs volunteers. If you would like to volunteer, email State Coordinator, Jeff Kemp. Thank you! *When emailing me, please put Clay County in the subject line. ~Thank you! |
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Beautiful Clay County, Kentucky is part of Appalachia. The
county was created in 1807 and named for Green Clay, a cousin
of Henry Clay, a U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Land was given
from Floyd, Madison, and Knox counties to form Clay County.
The county seat is Manchester. Clay County is within the
Daniel Boone National Forest.