Clayton
The original town was established in
1879 one mile north of the present town site. When the Rock Island
Railroad came through, the town was moved to be near the railroad.
It was platted on March 7, 1888 by the Kansas Town and Land Company.
The ethnicity of its settlers is not
known.
Sources
Bowers, D. N. Seventy Years in
Norton County, Kansas, 1872-1942. The Norton County Champion,
Norton, Kansas, 1942.
Nicholson, John H. A History of Norton County, Kansas. Masters
Thesis,
Colorado State College of Education, 1941.
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