Clayton, Alabama

Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The population was 1,475 at the 2000 census.

Geography
Clayton is located at 31°52'39.014" North, 85°26'56.486" West (31.877504, -85.449024).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.4 sqmi, all of which is land.

Education
Clayton is served by Barbour County Schools. Barbour County High School and Barbour County Primary School are located in the town of Clayton.

Notable natives

 * Tyrone 'Ty' Adams (born 1949) - playwright (Conecuh,Wallace: The Clayton Years)
 * George W. Andrews (1906–1971) - U.S. House of Representatives
 * Billy Beasley (born 1940)- Alabama State Senate
 * Jere Beasley (born 1935)- Two term Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and acting Governor of Alabama
 * Bertram Tracy Clayton (1862–1918)- U.S. House of Representatives representing New York and U.S. Army officer killed in World War I.
 * Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr. (1857–1929) - U.S. House of Representatives, author of the Clayton Act regulating antitrust behavior.
 * Henry DeLamar Clayton, Sr. (1827–1889) - major general in the Confederate army; President of the University of Alabama
 * Preston C. Clayton (d. 1996)- Alabama State Senate and Associate Justice of State of Alabama Supreme Court
 * Travis Grant (born 1950) - college and professional basketball player
 * Draffus Lamar Hightower (1899–1993)- photographer, reocrded changes to Barbour County through the 20th century
 * Clarence Clemet Hodge (1893–1967) - Major League Baseball pitcher
 * John E. Horne (1908–1985) - Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
 * Ann Lowe (1899–1981)- Designer of wedding dress for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis for her marriage to John F. Kennedy.
 * James Sammons (1927–2001) - Chairman of the Board of Trustees and later  Executive Vice Presidentof the American Medical Association
 * George Wallace (1919–1998) - Governor of Alabama and U.S. President candidate
 * George C. Wallace, Jr. (born 1951) - Alabama State Treasurer
 * Lurleen Wallace (1926–1968) - Governor of Alabama 1926-1968
 * James J. Winn (born 1907- ?) - Colonel in U.S. Army; Chief military aide to Gen. George C. Marshall during World War II