Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		December 23, 1824 (Laws, 1825, p. 19)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named for Henry Clay, a statesman and political orator, Representative in Congress and United States Senator from Kentucky, three times Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, famous as the author of the political measures know as the "Missouri Compromise," and a prominent candidate for the Presidency.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1819–1824	Wayne
	1821–1824	Fayette
	1816–1824	Crawford
	1815–1819	Edwards
	1812–1815	Gallatin
	1812–1815	Madison
	1803–1812	Randolph
	1801–1812	St. Clair
	1790–1801	Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1825–1841	Maysville
	1841–	Louisville
History of county governing board:
	1825–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1862	County Court
	1862–	County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 5, 1861
Township Names:
	Bible Grove
	Blair
	Clay City
	Harter
	Hoosier
	Larkinsburg
	Louisville
	Oskaloosa
	Pixley
	Songer
	Stanford
	Xenia