Clayton is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Stevens County, Washington, United States

United States

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. Clayton is located along U.S. Route 395

U.S. Route 395

U.S. Route 395 is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canadian border near Laurier, where the road becomes Highway 395 upon entering British Columbia. At one time, the...

 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Deer Park

Deer Park, Washington

Deer Park is a city in Spokane County, Washington, in the United States. The population was 3,652 at the 2010 census.-History:Deer Park was officially incorporated on June 24, 1908. Deer Park got its name when railroad surveyors saw deer grazing in the area. Deer Park was settled in 1889 when a...

. Clayton has a post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

 with ZIP code

ZIP Code

ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

 99110.

Clayton was founded in 1889 and was named for nearby clay deposits. Clayton was listed as a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 for the 2010 census and has a population of 443.

Notable residents

It was the birthplace of the hollywood writer Robert Carson

Robert Carson (writer)

Robert Carson was an American film and television screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer, who won an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of A Star Is Born. He was married to Mary Jane Irving, a former child actress.-Film screenwriting credits:*A Star Is Born, 1937...

, and the residence of artist Leno Prestini

Leno Prestini

Leno Prestini was an artist from Clayton, Washington in the 1920s - 1960s. Many of his paintings are on display in museums throughout the Pacific Northwest including the Keller Heritage Center Museum and Park in Colville, Washington and the Old Schoolhouse Museum in Loon Lake, WA. Prestini was...

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