Gay
Gay is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Gay has a post office with the ZIP Code of 25244. One Mr. Gay, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Gay, West Virginia” and “Gay, WV”
- Postal code: 25244
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Louther and Red Knob.
Louther
Hamlet
Louther is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Louther is located on County Highway 28 in the Frozen Camp Wildlife Management Area, 8.8 miles east of Ripley. Louther once had a post office, which is now closed. Louther is situated 2 miles north of Gay.
Red Knob
Hamlet
Red Knob is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. Red Knob is situated 4 miles southeast of Gay.
Marshall
Hamlet
Marshall is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. Marshall is located on U.S. Route 33 and Little Mill Creek, 9.5 miles east of Ripley. Marshall is situated 4 miles north of Gay.
Gay
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Jackson, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.77064° or 38° 46′ 14″ northLongitude
-81.55318° or 81° 33′ 11″ westElevation
787 feet (240 metres)Open location code
86CWQCCW+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 154003625OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Volapük—“Gay” goes by many names.
- French: “Gay”
- Irish: “Gay”
- Persian: “گی، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “گی”
- South Azerbaijani: “قی، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Gay (Virginia Occidental)”
- Spanish: “Gay”
- Urdu: “گئے، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “گئے”
- Volapük: “Gay (WV)”
- Volapük: “Gay, West Virginia”
- Volapük: “Gay, WV”
- Volapük: “Gay”
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Notable Places Nearby
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