WayfarrowClayville
Ghost town · Illinois
Clayville is a ghost town in Illinois. Illinois has 208 former communities on the federal names register.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Clayville as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed.
In old newspapers
The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Illinois before 1931 that mention “Clayville”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 15 pages in all.
- 1852-12-15Morning Star (Limerick, Me.)
- 1864-06-20Canton Weekly Register (Canton, Ill.)
- 1867-08-01Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
- 1872-08-18Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
- 1880-02-25Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
- 1880-02-27Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
Key facts
Sources and licences
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress) — Chronicling America search (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.