Gay, West Virginia

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Gay, West Virginia
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Coordinates: 38°46′14″N81°33′11″W / 38.77056°N 81.55306°W / 38.77056; -81.55306
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Jackson
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
25244
Area code 304
GNIS ID 1539361 [1]

Gay is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Gay has a post office with the ZIP Code of 25244. [2]

One Mr. Gay, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gay, West Virginia
  2. "Gay, WV post office locations". postofficefinder.org. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 56.