THE CLAYTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delmarva Uplands setting.
Clayton town has 1.95 square miles of land in Kent County, New Castle County. Its Census reference point is in Delmarva Uplands, within Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Clayton intersects 2 county geographies: Kent County, New Castle County. A Clayton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Clayton by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Clayton, or 0% of its total area. It is 21.7 percentage points lower than the 21.7% recorded for Delaware. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clayton town has 30.3% of the land area of nearby Smyrna town (6.43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

