Clayton, New Mexico
| Clayton, New Mexico | |
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| Town | |
Main Street (2008)
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 Location of Clayton within Union County and New Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 36°26′59″N 103°10′51″W / 36.44972°N 103.18083°WCoordinates: 36°26′59″N 103°10′51″W / 36.44972°N 103.18083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Union |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.7 sq mi (12.2 km2) |
| • Land | 4.7 sq mi (12.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,056 ft (1,541 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,980 |
| • Density | 630/sq mi (240/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 88415 |
| Area code(s) | 575 |
| FIPS code | 35-15720 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0905193 |
| Website | claytonnm.org |
Clayton is a town and county seat of Union County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,980. Clayton is a crossroads for tourists heading from Texas to Colorado, and Kansas / Oklahoma / Texas to Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Clayton is named for a son of U.S. Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, an Arkansas Republican, originally from Ohio, who served during Reconstruction. The town was established in 1887. Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling through the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed through Clayton. The town was a shipping center for herds from the Pecos River and the Texas Panhandle.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,980 people, 1,025 households (only 77.8% of the population was living in households), and 623 family households residing in the town. The population density was 535.7 people per square mile (206.9/km²). There were 1,289 housing units at an average density of 273.6 per square mile (105.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 75.9% White (43.5% non-Hispanic white), 2.7% Native American, 2.6% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 15.6% from some other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 51.1% of the population.
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