Gay, Oklahoma

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

Gay, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Gay
Location within the state of Oklahoma
Gay
Gay (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°57′12″N 95°37′17″W
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyChoctaw
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1093152

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]

Notable residents
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References
  1. 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. (1 January 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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