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Clay Ridge

Ghost town · Campbell County, Kentucky

Alexandria quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)
Alexandria quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Clay Ridge is a ghost town in Campbell County, Kentucky. It is one of 21 former communities in Campbell County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Clay Ridge as a historical populated place on the De Mossville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.8404° N, 84.4180° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDe Mossville
Elevation747 ft
Nearest living townButler, KY
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2742130
Coordinates38.84036, -84.41804

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Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Clay Ridge today, aerial view
Alexandria quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500)

Left: Alexandria quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Clay Ridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Butler, KY (population 513), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 747 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Clay Ridge?

Clay Ridge is in Campbell County, Kentucky, at 38.8404, -84.4180.

How many ghost towns are in Campbell County?

Campbell County, Kentucky has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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 2026-11-06.