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 centuryTo Remember a Vanishing World: D.L. Hightower's Photography of Barbour County, Alabama, 1930 - 1965. Thomason, Michael V.R. and  Michael Thomason,University of Alabama Press (1997) 
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

 References 

Category:Towns in Alabama
Category:County seats in Alabama