Clayton, Michigan is a small village in Lenawee County, in the southern Lower Peninsula, spanning Dover and Hudson townships.
Morey Highway (M-156) runs north-south through the village's downtown district and serves as the township boundary line. Although M-156 terminates at its junction with M-34, Morey Highway continues north. Carleton Road (M-34) runs east-west through the southern portion of the village, and Cadmus Road serves as the northern boundary of Clayton. Hudson is 6.4 miles west of Clayton, Morency is 10.4 miles south, Adrian is 12.9 miles northeast, Onsted is 13.1 miles north, Addison is 15.5 miles northwest, and Waldon is 19.2 miles to the southwest.
The area that was to become Clayton was first settled in 1836. On March 8, 1837, a post office was established there, with Levi H. Soper as its postmaster, although the community was then known as East Dover, for its position in Dover Township. In 1843, Reuben E. Bird platted the townsite and arranged to have the village and post office renamed Clayton on July 17, 1849, in honor of the Reverend Clayton, a Presbyterian minister. In the late 1860s, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad established a station at Clayton, and the community was incorporated as a village in 1870.
At the time of the 2010 census, the village's population of 344 was 24 less what it was when it first appeared on a census in 1880. Its peak population was 505 in 1970, but it then entered a period of decline that lasted for three decades. Clayton is a small, rural village with a few stores and a gift shop.
The focus of this category is on the village of Clayton, Michigan. Topics related to the village itself, or any individuals, businesses, industries, schools, churches, attractions of events within the village, or within the area served by the Clayton post office, are appropriate for this category.
Recommended Resources
Clayton and Rollin Center United Methodist Churches
Representing the Clayton United Methodist Church on State Street in Clayton, Michigan, and the Rollin Center United Methodist Church in Manitou Beach, Michigan, both of which are served by the same pastor, the site offers an overview of each, including service times, a calendar of events, the pastor’s telephone number, announcements, and social media contacts for each. Additionally, an online contact form is available for those who wish to use that method of contact.
http://claytonrollincenter.org/
Operating out of the former Townsend Lumber Company facility in Clayton, Michigan since 2007, Clayton Lumber supplies crating lumber, industrial lumber, shipping material, southern yellow pine, softwoods, plywood, heat-treated lumber, hardwood deck boards, and stringers for pallet manufacturers, and oriented strand board (OSB) to industrial, packaging, pallet, and crating lumber clients. Featured are a company profile and an overview of its products and services.
http://www.claytonlumber.com/
Specializing in the sale of show pigs for 4-H competition, county fair competitions, and others. The farm is operated by Luke Craig and Dave Craig. Mailing and farm addresses are posted to the site, along with telephone numbers for each of the owners. Online sales are displayed, new litters are featured on the site, and past winners are highlighted, with photographs, the showing venue, the dates of the show, and the names of the person the animal was shown by.
http://www.craigfarmsandshowpigs.com/
