Clayton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Clayton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusClayton is a town in northern Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Clayton had a population of 584. Cotton is a principal commodity in the area. Clayton is located on the Tensas River, important for fishing and boating, promoted through a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-maintained boat launch. The Tensas River merges with the Black River in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish. Louisiana State Representative Andy Anders is from Clayton and Ferriday. A major employer in the town was Clayton Gin Company which closed in the early 2000s and was mostly demolished in the early 2010s. The Clayton Gin was originally constructed in the 1940s by W. Howard Davis and his brother Do…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 711 to 584 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1965.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clayton yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Clayton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clayton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFloods - Mississippi River Flood, 1927: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Clayton
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Clayton, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Clayton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clayton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Killarney in Spokane, 5 miles away.
Clayton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Floods - Mississippi River Flood (1927) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.