{"id":1599,"date":"2023-02-19T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:48","slug":"clay-county-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/clay-county-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clay County is a county in Georgia, United States, on the Alabama state line along the Chattahoochee River, in the southwestern part of the state. It had a population of 2,848 at the 2020 census and covers 217 square miles (560 km2) centred near 31\u00b037\u2032N 84\u00b059\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Fort Gaines is the county seat, and its postal code is 39851. The county has one city, one town, and more than a dozen unincorporated rural communities, and it sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Clay County<\/h2>\n

Clay County has just two incorporated places — the city of Fort Gaines, which is also the county seat, and the small town of Bluffton in the northwest — alongside a scatter of unincorporated crossroads communities across its farmland and pine woods. “Unincorp.” below marks a place with no municipal government of its own; most are named road junctions, mill sites, or old post-office stops rather than settlements with a defined center.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fort Gaines<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n995<\/td>\n39851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bluffton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n39824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bellville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cotton Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Days Crossroads<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garnersville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrisons Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moores Crossroads<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pecan<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ricks Place<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suttons Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watson Crossroads<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zetto<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Clay County also once had a river landing called Oketeyeconne on the Chattahoochee, now a ghost town with no remaining population — it is not carried in the table above since no one lives there today.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n