Clay Township is one of ten townships located in Adair County, Missouri, United States.

[3] It is named in honor of Kentucky politician Henry Clay.

[4] Clay Township covers an area of 79.6 square miles (206.2 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.

The streams of Bee Branch, Cottonwood Fork, Floyd Creek and Willow Branch run through this township.

This Adair County, Missouri state location article is a stub.