Clayton, Alabama
Town
Courthouse Square and Confederate Monument in Clayton
Location of Clayton in Barbour County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 31°52′39″N 85°26′56″W / 31.87750°N 85.44889°W / 31.87750; -85.44889
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Barbour
Area [1]
• Total	6.78 sq mi (17.55 km2)
• Land	6.78 sq mi (17.55 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	591 ft (180 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,265
• Density	334.27/sq mi (129.06/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	36016
Area code	334
FIPS code	01-15376
GNIS feature ID	0116206

Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama, United States. The population was 2,265 at the 2020 census.^[2]

Clayton is located at 31°52'39.014" North, 85°26'56.486" West (31.877504, -85.449024).^[3]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18 km²), all of which is land.^[1]

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

• 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^[4]
• 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

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