GAY, TX
GAY, TEXAS. Gay was seven miles southwest of Bronson and nineteen miles southeast of San Augustine in southeastern San Augustine County. A post office opened in the community in 1908, and by 1914 Gay comprised an estimated fifty inhabitants, as well as a grocery store, general store, and cotton gin. Its post office closed in 1918, and by the 1930s the community was no longer shown on county highway maps.
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Mark Odintz, "GAY, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrg55), accessed May 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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