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Welcome to Gay Meadows ...

Gay Meadows is located in Montgomery County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Gay Meadows: Gay Mdws.

Gay Meadows is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gay Meadows lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gay Meadows: 334 & 483<3>

Communities near Gay Meadows ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gay Meadows.

  • Montgomery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Prattville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Millbrook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pike Road
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetumpka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Elmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Coosada
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Deatsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Shorter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • English Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • English Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village

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 Gay Meadows. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gay Meadows.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gay Meadows. 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 Gay Meadows.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gay Meadows. See our Newspapers Page for Gay Meadows.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gay Meadows ...

Looking for more information about Gay Meadows? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gay Meadows, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gay Meadows.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gay Meadows - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Gay Meadows area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Gay Meadows area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.