List of things named for Henry Clay

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The following is a list of things named for Henry Clay, including monuments and memorials in his honor.

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Roads

Towns

Counties

Monuments

Schools

  • Clay Elementary in Rolando, San Diego{{Cite web |title=Clay Elementary |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/clay-elementary-240873 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}
  • Clay High School in South Bend, Indiana
  • Henry Clay Elementary School in the Hegewisch neighborhood in Chicago
  • Henry Clay Elementary School in his birthplace Ashland, Virginia.
  • Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky,[http://www.henryclay.fcps.net/ Henry Clay High School Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829013250/http://www.henryclay.fcps.net/|date=2017-08-29}}.
  • Henry Clay Middle School in Los Angeles
  • Henry Clay School in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
  • The Instituto Educacional Henry Clay in Caracas, Venezuela, a bilingual private school{{Cite web |title=SCHOOL PROFILE – Instituto Educacional Henry Clay |url=https://henryclay.com.ve/school-profile/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201042228/https://henryclay.com.ve/school-profile/ |archive-date=2023-12-01 |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=henryclay.com.ve |language=es}}
  • The Clay Dormitory at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky

Parks

  • Clay Neighborhood Park in Rolando, San Diego, renamed in 2025 to Dr. Bertha O. Pendleton Park.{{Cite web |last=Dulay |first=Gina |last2=Bordson |first2=Gordon |date=2025-02-20 |title=REPORT: Re-naming Clay Neighborhood Park to Dr. Bertha Pendleton Park |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/prbr20250220a-item101.pdf |website=sandiego.gov |publisher=The City of San Diego}}{{Cite web |title=Approved General Development Plans {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/design-development/gdp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250306073008/https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/design-development/gdp |archive-date=2025-03-06 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.sandiego.gov}}
  • In 2020, a Henry Clay Park in Arlington, Virginia, was renamed Zitkala-Ša Park during a wave of name changes in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-08 |title=Henry Clay Park Set to Be Renamed for Indigenous Activist Who Lived Nearby |url=https://www.arlnow.com/2020/12/08/henry-clay-park-set-to-be-renamed-for-indigenous-activist-who-lived-nearby/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=ARLnow.com |language=en}}
  • Cooper's Rock State Forest in West Virginia features a preserved nineteenth century iron furnace named in commemoration of Henry Clay.
  • Henry Clay Ball Fields in Ashland, Virginia, used by Ashland Little League.

Other

  • Mount Clay in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, since renamed Mount Reagan by the state legislature but not by the federal Board on Geographic Names
  • The Lafayette class submarine USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625)
  • The {{USS|Ashland|LSD-1}} and {{USS|Ashland|LSD-48}}, named for his estate
  • Between 1870 and 1908, Clay was included appeared on American definitive postage stamps: he appeared on the 12¢ denomination in the issues of 1870, 1873 and 1879 and on the 15¢ denomination in the issues of 1890, 1894, 1898 and 1902. He has since been honored by the United States Postal Service with a 3¢ Great Americans series postage stamp.{{Cite web |title=Definitive Issues |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939/definitive-issues |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Smithsonian National Postal Museum |language=en}}
  • The Henry Clay, an historic residential building in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, formerly the city's YWCA building.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-25 |title=In a decade, redeveloped Henry Clay has influenced revitalization of Louisville downtown core |url=https://www.lanereport.com/82901/2017/10/in-a-decade-redeveloped-henry-clay-has-influenced-revitalization-of-louisville-downtown-core/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Lane Report |language=en-US}}

Gallery

File:USS Ashland (LSD-48).jpg|USS Ashland

File:USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) polaris surface launch.jpg|USS Henry Clay, a submarine

File:Cooper's Rock State Forest.JPG|Cooper's Rock State Forest

File:Richmond, Virginia. Henry Clay monument LOC cwpb.02926.jpg|Henry Clay Monument, Richmond, Virginia

File:Clay High School South Bend 2015.jpg|Clay High School, South Bend, Indiana

File:Henry Clay Sculpture.jpg|Henry Clay Sculpture

File:Henry Clay Monument, circa 1910.jpg|Henry Clay Monument, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, circa 1910

File:The Clay County Courthouse courtroom in 2007.jpg|Clay County Courthouse, North Carolina

File:Clay County Courthouse, Clay.jpg|Clay County Courthouse, West Virginia

File:Clay County Courthouse West Virginia.jpg|Clay County Courthouse, West Virginia

File:Clay West Virginia.jpg|Clay, West Virginia

File:Henry Clay by Charles Henry Niehaus - Kentucky State Capitol - DSC09236.JPG|Henry Clay Statue, Kentucky State Capitol

File:Clay Neighborhood Park Sign 2.jpg|Clay Neighborhood Park in San Diego

File:Clay Elementary School Sign.jpg|Clay Elementary School in San Diego

References