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Welcome to Quay ...

The town of Quay is primarily located in Pawnee County<1>. A portion of Quay extends into Payne County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Quay is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Quay: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Quay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Quay - they are located in Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico and North Dakota.

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

Communities near Quay ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quay ...

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

Adding Quay to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Quay post office opened in 1903. The Quay post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pawnee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quay - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Quay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Quay 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/