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Clay County, Florida

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24historic places

—earliest paper

1858formed

218,245pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Orange Park, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 24 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

24 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bubba Midden (8CL84)	Fleming Island	Site	1990
Budington, Frosard W., House	Middleburg	Building	1990
Chalker, George A., House	Middleburg	Building	1990
Clark-Chalker House	Middleburg	Building	1988
Clarke, William, Estate	Orange Park	Building	1998
Clay County Courthouse	Green Cove Springs	Building	1975
Frisbee, George Randolph, Jr., House	Middleburg	Building	1990
Gold Head Branch State Park	Keystone Heights	District	2020
Green Cove Springs Historic District	Green Cove Springs	District	1991
Green, Joseph, House	Orange Park	Building	1998
Haskell-Long House	Middleburg	Building	1990
Helffrich, William, House	Orange Park	Building	1998
Holly Cottage	Green Cove Springs	Building	2010
Memorial Home Community Historic District	Penney Farms	District	1999
Methodist Episcopal Church at Black Creek	Middleburg	Building	1990
Middleburg Historic District	Middleburg	District	1990
Orange Park Elementary School	Orange Park	Building	1998
Orange Park Negro Elementary School	Orange Park	Building	1998
Princess Mound (8CL85)	Green Cove Springs	Site	1990
River Road Historic District	Orange Park	District	1998
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and Cemetery	Hibernia	Building	1973
St. Mary's Church	Green Cove Springs	Building	1978
Westcott, William, House	Orange Park	Building	1998
Winterbourne	Orange Park	Building	1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clay was formed in 1858 (1858-12-31) from Alachua, Columbia, Duval.

CLAY created from ALACHUA, COLUMBIA and DUVAL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clay County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,914	2,838	5,635	5,621	6,468	14,323	19,535	67,052	140,814	218,245

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abline Cemetery	29.74805	-81.9575
Beulah Cemetery	29.94246	-81.91843
Blue Pond Cemetery	29.85607	-82.0326
Federal Hill Cemetery	30.16529	-81.82548
Fowler Cemetery	30.02929	-81.90129
Gadara Cemetery	29.80917	-81.91835
Hickory Grove Cemetery	29.98279	-81.70153
Hickory Grove Cemetery	29.98475	-81.7017
Jacksonville Memory Gardens	29.99607	-81.67898
Jacksonville Memory Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Home	30.18135	-81.73787
Johns Cemetery	30.10186	-81.89511
Keystone Heights Cemetery	29.7934	-82.04548
Lee Cemetery	29.85727	-82.01769
Little Ruth Cemetery	29.9283	-81.68159
Long Branch Cemetery	30.15968	-81.96482
Magnolia Cemetery	30.16385	-81.71537
Middleburg Methodist Cemetery	30.06769	-81.86194
Mount Olive Cemetery	29.99381	-81.70034
Oak Grove Cemetery	30.01264	-81.95606
Old Conway Cemetery	29.98301	-81.94982
Padget Cemetery	30.11158	-81.9151
Penney Farms Cemetery	29.98397	-81.78468
Rideout Cemetery	30.08471	-81.81283
Salem Cemetery	29.90778	-81.80605
Springbank Cemetery	29.95456	-81.73723

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Black Creek	30.06691	-81.81649
Solite	30.06274	-81.76065

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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