Clayton, Texas

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Clayton is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 79 in 2000. [1]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Panola County, Texas County in the United States

Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 23,796. The county seat is Carthage. Located in East Texas, the name of the county is derived from a Choctaw word for cotton.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

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Geography

Enochs is located at 32°05′54″N94°28′30″W / 32.09833°N 94.47500°W / 32.09833; -94.47500 (32.0982190, −94.4749246). It is situated at the junction of State Highway 315 and FM 1970 in southwestern Panola County, approximately 16 miles southwest of Carthage. [2]

Texas State Highway 315 highway in Texas

State Highway 315 or SH 315 is a state highway in Texas that runs from Mount Enterprise northeast to Carthage.

Carthage, Texas City in Texas, United States

Carthage is a city in Panola County, Texas, United States. This city is 150 miles southeast of Dallas. The population was 6,779 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Panola County, and is situated in East Texas near the Louisiana state line.

History

The area was first settled around 1845 by Georgia native Jacob Cariker. He constructed a house two miles southwest of Reed's Settlement, one of the earliest communities in Panola County. During the 1870s, most residents from Reed's Settlement had relocated to the Cariker site. [1] A post office was established in 1874 under the name Clayton, after Clayton, Alabama, said to have been the origin of several early settlers. Clayton had a population of 130 in 1885. That number had risen to 200 by 1914. During the Great Depression, the population declined to 175 and steadily decreased thereafter. [2] By the late 1960s, the number of inhabitants stood at 125. By 2000, Clayton had 79 residents and two businesses. [1]

Georgia (U.S. state) State of the United States of America

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It began as a British colony in 1733, the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. In 1802–1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819. Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta, the state's capital and most populous city, has been named a global city. Atlanta's metropolitan area contains about 55% of the population of the entire state.

Clayton, Alabama Town in Alabama, United States

Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The population was 3,008 at the 2010 census, up from 1,475 in 2000.

Great Depression in the United States began in August 1929, when the United States economy first went into an economic recession

The Great Depression began in August 1929, when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Everyone in the Great Depression struggled financially due to the collapse of the banking system. The citizens of the United States voted Franklin D. Rosevelt into the presidency and he proposed the "New Deal" which he said would bring the U.S. out of depression. Although the country spent two months with declining GDP, it was not until the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 that the effects of a declining economy were felt, and a major worldwide economic downturn ensued. The stock market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth as well as for personal advancement. Altogether, there was a general loss of confidence in the economic future.

Although it is unincorporated, Clayton has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75637. [3]

Margie Neal, first woman elected to the Texas State Senate, was born near Clayton in 1875. [4]

Margie Neal

Margie Elizabeth Neal was a Texas journalist and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Texas State Senate, in 1926.

Education

Public education in the community of Clayton is provided by the Carthage Independent School District.

Carthage Independent School District is a school district based in Carthage, Texas (USA). Dr. Joseph Glenn Hambrick of Elkhart has been the superintendent since 2008. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

Clayton once operated its own public school district. In May 1905, Clayton School District #11 was created. It was defined and organized in February 1907. The district consolidated with Carthage in 1965. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Clayton, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  2. 1 2 "Clayton, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. ↑ "NEAL, MARGIE ELIZABETH". tshaonline.org. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Clayton". Communities & Early Schools. Panola County, TXGenWeb. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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