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Welcome to Kay ...

Kay is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Kay is located in Searcy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Kay is 1,440 feet [439 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Kay: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Kay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Kay: This one is located in Searcy County and the other is located in Prairie County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 3 communities that are also named Kay - they are located in Kentucky and North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kay.

Communities near Kay ...

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

  • Clinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Leslie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Gilbert
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Copeland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Dennard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rumley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rumley is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
  • Tilly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tilly is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly
  • Witt's Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Witt's Springs is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt's Springs

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kay ...

Looking for more information about Kay? 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 Kay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kay.

Adding Kay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kay 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 (so far) for Kay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Kay post office opened in 1918. The Kay post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Searcy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kay - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Kay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Kay 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/