Clayton

/ˈkleɪtən/

Clayton proper noun: a town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton. Also the ellipsis of Clayton County.

Proper noun

Clayton (countable and uncountable, plural Claytons)

A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.

Synonyms:

Clayton's, Claytonville
A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa.
A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area.
A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
A community in the town of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

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A village in Hudson Township and Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi.
A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.
A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.
A town and village in Jefferson County, New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.
A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.
A city in Montgomery County, Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.
A town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Hereford Township and Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
A census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington.
An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.
A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township.
A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario.
A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333) in east Saskatchewan.
A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).
A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507).
A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8544).
A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).
A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231).
A village south-west of Guardbridge, north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4318)
A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.

Also used as

Clayton is also the ellipsis of Clayton County.

Synonyms of Clayton

Forms of Clayton

plural	Claytons

Origin of Clayton

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

Words formed from Clayton

Phrases with Clayton

Clayton motions

Words that rhyme with Clayton

Questions about Clayton

What does Clayton mean?: Clayton means a town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
What part of speech is Clayton?: Clayton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Clayton?: Clayton is pronounced /ˈkleɪtən/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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