Welcome to Kay County ...
Time Zone: Kay County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Newkirk is the Seat for Kay County.
Kay County was founded in 1895.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Kay had a population of 43,538 people. This is a decrease of 6.23% since the last Census (which gave a population of 46,430 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Kay represented 1.24% of the total population of Oklahoma.
Below are some of the communities located in Kay County:
- Blackwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Braman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kaw City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kildare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kildare is located in Kay County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Newkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ponca City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tonkawa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Websites specific to Kay County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Cowley County
- Osage County
- Noble County
- Garfield County
- Grant County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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