Welcome to Hays ...

So far, we found very little information about Hays. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hays to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Hays - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Hays, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Hays , we believe that it would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>.

Time Zone: The area where Hays was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Hays was located: 740 & 220<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, Kentucky, Mississippi (3), Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Adding Hays to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hays in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hays was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hays.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hays, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Hays area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. 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).