Gay is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Gay has a post office with the ZIP Code of 25244.[2]
Gay, West Virginia | |
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Coordinates: 38°46′14″N 81°33′11″W / 38.77056°N 81.55306°W | |
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] |
One Mr. Gay, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gay, West Virginia
- ^ "Gay, WV post office locations". postofficefinder.org. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 56.