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Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,043. Its county seat is Elkader. The county was established in 1837 and was named in honor of John M. Clayton, United States Senator from Delaware and later Secretary of State under President Zachary Taylor.
Postville is a village in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51, with airport facilities in the neighboring communities of Waukon, Decorah, Monona and Prairie du Chien. The population was 2,503 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,273 in 2000. The village is in Allamakee County's southwestern corner and Clayton County's northwestern corner in a quad county, or four-corner region, where four counties intersect. Winneshiek County is just to the west and Fayette County is just to the southwest of Postville.
Inspector Georg Martin Grossman was a German-American Lutheran pastor, academic, missionary, and church leader who founded the Iowa Synod, Wartburg College, and Wartburg Theological Seminary.
Cass Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,835.
Giard Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 463.
Sperry Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 534.
Volga Township is a township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 551.
Honey Creek Township is a township in Delaware County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,060.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clayton County, Iowa.
Illyria Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 532.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, commonly known as the Iowa Synod, was founded on August 24, 1854, at St. Sebald in Clayton County, Iowa. It adopted a constitution and its name, in 1864. The synod was the result of disagreements, in Saginaw, Michigan, against the Missouri Synod that had arisen with some of the pastors sent to America by Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe. Some of these pastors joined the Missouri Synod, while pastors Georg M. Grossmann and Johannes Deindoerfer and a small group moved to Iowa.
Watson is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The county seat of Elkader lies approximately 15 miles to the southwest.
Eckards is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. Eckards lies on the Mississippi River, and on Iowa's border with Wisconsin. The county seat of Elkader is located approximately 15 miles to the west.
McGregor Heights is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. McGregor Heights lies on the Mississippi River, and on Iowa's border with Wisconsin. The county seat of Elkader lies 17 miles to the southwest.
Ceres is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. Ceres once had a post office, which has since been abandoned. The county seat of Elkader lies approximately 11 miles to the west.
Updegraff is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The county seat of Elkader lies approximately 15 miles to the northwest.
Wood is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The county seat of Elkader lies 14 miles (23 km) to the north.
Highland is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The county seat of Elkader lies approximately 10 miles to the southeast.
Turkey River is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The community of Turkey River borders the Mississippi River, and the Turkey River. Turkey River also is situated on Iowa's border with Wisconsin.
Thomasville is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. Thomasville lies approximately 11 miles away from the county seat of Elkader.
References
- ↑ "Plat Book of Clayton County, Iowa". Iowa Digital Library. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Report for Saint Sebald". USGNIS. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
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