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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox settlement 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

References

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  1. Шаблон:GNIS
  2. Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), pp. 87 & 124.
  3. Шаблон:Cite book
  4. Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.