Fay is an
Unincorporated area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
located on
State Highway 33 in the extreme southeastern corner of
Dewey County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, 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
Education
It is in the
Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified Schools school district.
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References
Sources
* Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. .
Unincorporated communities in Dewey County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Oklahoma
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