Gay, Oklahoma

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Gay, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Gay
Location within the state of Oklahoma
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Gay
Gay (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°57′12″N95°37′17″W / 33.95333°N 95.62139°W / 33.95333; -95.62139
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Choctaw
Elevation
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443 ft (135 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1093152 [1]

Gay is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. [1]

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History

A post office was established at Lenton, Indian Territory on October 22, 1901. Its name changed to Gay, Oklahoma on April 28, 1908. The post office closed on December 31, 1932. [2]

The community is said to have been named after the town of Gay, Georgia. [3]

At the time it was founded, Lenton, later Gay, was located in Kiamitia County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gay, Oklahoma
  2. ↑ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), pp. 87 & 124.
  3. ↑ Shirk, George H. (January 1, 1987). Oklahoma Place Names. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 98. ISBN   978-0-8061-2028-7.
  4. ↑ Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.


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