Gay is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.[1]
Gay, Oklahoma | |
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  Gay Location within the state of Oklahoma  Gay Gay (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′12″N 95°37′17″W / 33.95333°N 95.62139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Choctaw |
| Elevation | 443 ft (135 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1093152[1] |
History edit
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 person edit
- Pauline Short Robinson (1915–1997), first African-American librarian in Denver, Colorado
References edit
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gay, Oklahoma
- ^ Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), pp. 87 & 124.
- ^ Shirk, George H. (January 1, 1987). Oklahoma Place Names. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8061-2028-7.
- ^ Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.
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