Welcome to Gays ...
So far, we found very little information about Gays. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gays to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gays, please Contact Us.
Gays would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Gays, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Gays is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Gays was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Gays was located: 540 & 826<4>
Communities Also Named Gays ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gays - it's located in Illinois.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gays.
Communities near Gays ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gays.
- Louisa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cuckoo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Hadensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Vigor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Bumpass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bumpass is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpass
- Bumpass has also been known as:
- Bumpas
- Bumpass Junction
- Bumpass Station
- Bumpass Turnout
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bumpass <5>
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pendleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
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 Gays. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gays.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gays. 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 Gays.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gays. See our Newspapers Page for Gays.
Adding Gays to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Gays 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 (so far) for Gays was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Gays post office opened in 1891. The Gays post office closed in 1923.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Gays.
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 Gays, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gays - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Gays area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Gays area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |