Clayton, Alabama

**Clayton** is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States.  The population was 2,265 at the 2020 census.

## Geography

Clayton is located at 31°52'39.014" North, 85°26'56.486" West (31.877504, -85.449024).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of which is land.

## Education

Clayton is served by Barbour County Schools. Barbour County High School and Barbour County Primary School are located in the town of Clayton.

## Notable natives

- Tyrone 'Ty' Adams (born 1949) - playwright (_Conecuh_,_Wallace: The Clayton Years_)
- George W. Andrews (1906–1971) - U.S. House of Representatives
- Billy Beasley (born 1940)- Alabama State Senate
- Jere Beasley (born 1935)- Two term Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and acting Governor of Alabama
- Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862–1918)- U.S. House of Representatives representing New York and U.S. Army officer killed in World War I.
- Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr. (1857–1929) - U.S. House of Representatives, author of the Clayton Act regulating antitrust behavior.
- Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. (1827–1889) - major general in the Confederate army; President of the University of Alabama
- Preston C. Clayton (d. 1996)- Alabama State Senate and Associate Justice of State of Alabama Supreme Court
- Travis Grant (born 1950) - college and professional basketball player
- Draffus Lamar Hightower (1899–1993)- photographer, reocrded changes to Barbour County through the 20th century
- Clarence Clemet Hodge (1893–1967) - Major League Baseball pitcher
- John E. Horne (1908–1985) - Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
- Ann Lowe  (1899–1981)- Designer of wedding dress for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis for her marriage to John F. Kennedy.
- James Sammons (1927–2001) -  Chairman of the Board of Trustees and later  Executive Vice Presidentof the American Medical Association
- George Wallace (1919–1998) - Governor of Alabama and U.S. President candidate
- George C. Wallace, Jr. (born 1951) - Alabama State Treasurer
- Lurleen Wallace (1926–1968) - Governor of Alabama 1926-1968
- James J. Winn (born 1907- ?) - Colonel in U.S. Army; Chief military aide to Gen. George C. Marshall during World War II

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Clayton, Alabama
- **settlement type**: Town
- **image skyline**: Clayton Alabama Courthouse Square.JPG
- **image caption**: Courthouse Square and Confederate Monument in Clayton
- **image map**: File:Barbour County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clayton Highlighted 0115376.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Clayton in Barbour County, Alabama.
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Alabama, County
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision name1**: Alabama
- **subdivision name2**: Barbour County, Alabama, Barbour
- **area total km2**: 17.55
- **area total sq mi**: 6.78
- **area land km2**: 17.55
- **area land sq mi**: 6.78
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **elevation ft**: 591
- **elevation m**: 180
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 2265
- **population density km2**: 129.06
- **population density sq mi**: 334.27
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone (North America), Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 36016
- **area code**: Area code 334, 334
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 01-15376
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0116206
- **unit pref**: Imperial