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Gays Creek, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Gays Creek, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°19′41″N 83°25′40″W / 37.32806°N 83.42778°W / 37.32806; -83.42778
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Perry
Elevation	886 ft (270 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	41745
Area code	606
GNIS feature ID	512293

Gays Creek is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Gays Creek is 14 miles (23 km) west-northwest of Hazard. Gays Creek has a post office, established in 1888, with ZIP code 41745.

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.

References

1. "Gays Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. State Primary Road System: Perry County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
4. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 114. ISBN 9780813126319.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hazard
Cities	Buckhorn Hazard
CDPs	Combs Diablock Jeff
Other unincorporated communities	Allock Beehive Blue Diamond Boat Bonnyman Busy Chavies Christopher Clemons Cornettsville Daisy Defiance Delphia Doorway Dow Dunraven Farler Fourseam Fusonia Gays Creek Glomawr Happy Happy Valley Harveyton Hilton Hurricane Johnson Jones Kodak Krypton Lamont Leatherwood Lead Branch Middle Fork Miller Napfor Olivers Otter Creek Red Hill Saul Scuddy Slemp Tilford Typo Vicco Viper Wentz Woodland Park Yerkes
Ghost town	Upper Squabble
Former mining towns	Allais Bulan Butterfly Combs Darfork Hardburly Lothair Whitsett
Post offices (and the creeks they are on)	Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle) Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy) Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug) North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)
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