Clay is a home rule-class city[2] in Webster County, Kentucky, in the United States.

[4] A post office was established in 1837 when the community was called Ashland, for Henry Clay's Lexington estate.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the city was 99.15% White, 0.25% African American, 0.17% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, and 0.25% from two or more races.

The city was featured in The Statler Brothers' song "How are Things in Clay, Kentucky?"

The song was later covered by Wilson Fairchild, the country duo composed of Wil and Langdon Reid, sons of The Statler Brothers' two actual brothers, Harold and Don Reid.