Gay is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.[1]
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 person
- Pauline Short Robinson (1915–1997), first African-American librarian in Denver, Colorado
References
- ^ 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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