Clayton New Mexico Map
Clayton, New Mexico — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Clayton, Union County.
Interactive Map of Clayton, New Mexico
| City | Clayton |
| State | New Mexico (NM) |
| County | Union |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 36.451693 |
| Longitude | -103.184104 |
| Population | 2,753 |
| Density | 132.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Clayton, New Mexico
Clayton is a locality in Union County, New Mexico, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,753. The population density is 132.5 people per km². Clayton is located at 36.4517°N, 103.1841°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 88415.
Clayton, Union County, is a place where the wide sky seems to press down, a vast dome of blue that stretches to horizons softened by distance. It lies 113.8 miles north-west of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 319°T), and is situated 10.3 miles west-north-west of Texline. The land itself, a mosaic of tawny grasses and stoic mesquite, rolls in broad, unhurried waves, punctuated by the occasional, stubborn rise of a butte or mesa, their sun-baked flanks etched with the stories of wind and rain. Here, the air carries a dry, clean scent, a perfume of sun-warmed earth and distant, unseen water, and in the late afternoon, the light takes on a honeyed quality, gilding the sparse vegetation and deepening the shadows that creep across the plains. This is a landscape that demands patience, a place where one learns to read the subtle shifts in color and texture that signal the changing seasons, where the silence is not an absence but a presence, filled with the whisper of the wind and the distant cry of a hawk. The history of Clayton is deeply entwined with the cattle drives and the relentless push westward, a frontier spirit that still echoes in the easygoing nature of its inhabitants. The local economy, once driven by the vast ranches that defined this region, now finds its footing in agriculture, with hardy crops and livestock thriving under the challenging, yet generous, sun. Travelers often stop in Clayton, drawn by its authentic character and the chance to experience a slice of New Mexico that has remained largely untouched by the relentless march of modernity. The town’s distinctive red brick buildings, some bearing the patina of a century of service, stand as quiet monuments to its past, while the enduring spirit of its people, forged in the crucible of this open country, continues to shape its present.
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About This Clayton Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Clayton, New Mexico with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Clayton and Union County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Clayton is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Clayton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
