| Name: | Clayton |
| County: | Union |
| Population: | 2524 |
| Region: | NE |
| Profile: |
Known for its wide, tree-lined streets, Clayton is located nine miles from the Texas-Oklahoma panhandle border. Clayton sits in the heart of cowboy country, where more than 100,000 heads of livestock thrive on the high, rolling grasslands of El Llano Estacado (Staked Plains). More than 500 dinosaur tracks/traces were discovered at Clayton Lake in 1982. |
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| Attractions: |
Clayton Municipal Airpark & Convention Center, Eklund Hotel (pictured), Herzstein Memorial Museum, Luna Theater, South First Street (commercial district), Union County Courthouse (1909), Union County Historical Park, Mandala Center |
| Nearby Locations: |
Bravo Dome/Industrial site (world's largest and purest concentration of natural carbon dioxide), Capulin Volcano National Monument, Clayton Lake State Park (Dinosaur Tracks, discovered 1982), Folsom Falls (Natural spring-fed waterfall.), Folsom Museum, Kiowa National Grasslands, Wedding Cake Mountain |
| Accomodations: |
Hotels and Motels: 8; Bed and Breakfast: 0; Total Rooms: 230 |
| Airport: | Clayton Municipal |
| Airport Services: | private |
| Other Information: |
Rose Ramirez 575-374-9253; cuchamber@plateautel.net Clayton/Union County Chamber of Commerce 800-390-7858 575-374-9253 Telephone/Fax Web: www.claytonnewmexico.org www.claytonnewmexico.net E-mail: info@claytonnewmexico.net |



