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Welcome to Gays ...The village of Gays is located in Moultrie County<1>. The location of Gays has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Gays, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Gays has a population of 253 people<3> (see below for details). Gays is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Gays lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Gays (for example, toward West Terre Haute (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Gays is located in the (217) area code. The ZIP code for Gays: 61928<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Gays had an population of 253 people. This is a decrease of 9.96% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.32% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Gays had a population of 281 people. This makes Gays the county's 5th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 281 people, the population of Gays increased 8.49% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 259 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Gays. Communities Also Named Gays ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gays - it's located in Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gays. Communities near Gays ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gays.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gays. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gays. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gays. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gays. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gays. See our Newspapers Page for Gays. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gays ...Looking for more information about Gays? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Gays, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gays. Adding Gays to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gays in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gays was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Gays in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gays. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gays. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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