Fay is an
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located on
State Highway 33 in the extreme southeastern corner of
Dewey County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, United States. There is a grainery at Fay, a small convenience grocery, and a community hall with auditorium. Also located at Fay is the headquarters of
Indian Records Inc..
History
Platted along the
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway line, the Fay Post Office opened April 19, 1894. Fay was named after Fay Fisco, the son of the first postmaster.
Demographics
References
Sources
* Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. .
Unincorporated communities in Dewey County, Oklahoma
Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
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