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Welcome to Hays ...

Hays is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hays, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Hays is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hays: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Hays ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Hays - they are located in Alberta, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi (3), Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hays ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bowling Green is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
    • Former names for Bowling Green:
    • Bolin Green
    • McFadden's Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
  • Glasgow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Scottsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cave City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Horse Cave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Smiths Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Park City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Plum Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
  • Hiseville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hiseville is located in Barren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hays ...

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

Adding Hays to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hays 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 Hays was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hays post office opened in 1885. The Hays post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hays.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hays - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Hays area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Hays 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/