Official Name: | Gays Creek, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Perry |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 886 |
Coordinates: | 37.3281°N -83.4278°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 41745 |
Area Code: | 606 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 512293 |
Gays Creek is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Gays Creek is 14miles west-northwest of Hazard.[1] Gays Creek has a post office, established in 1888, with ZIP code 41745.[2]
The community was named for the local creek, Gays Creek, which was named in honor of Henry Gay, a local Revolutionary War veteran who died in 1830.[3]