 County
Profile
Incorporated: November 30, 1858
Population: 236,517
Total Area: 142.6 Square miles
Cities and Towns
• Jonesboro (County Seat)
• Forest Park
• Lake City
• Lovejoy
• Morrow
• RiverdaleClayton County was formed in 1858 from parts of
Fayette and Henry counties. Georgia's 125th county was named for
Judge Augustin S. Clayton, who held the county's first sessions
of the superior court and later served in both the Georgia House
of Representatives and Senate.
Jonesboro, the county seat, was originally called Leaksville.
When the Central Railroad line reached the town, the name was
changed to honor Captain Samuel G. Jones, one of the line's
surveying engineers. |
