Jay, Oklahoma Jay, Oklahoma Location of Jay, Oklahoma Location of Jay, Oklahoma State Oklahoma County Delaware Jay is a town/city and governmental center of county of Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The populace was 2,448 at the 2010 census, compared to 2,482 at the 2000 census, a decline of 1.4 percent. Almost 40% of its inhabitants are Native American, thus Jay is home to various Cherokee tribal offices and a community clinic for the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation.
Jay was titled for Jay Washburn, a nephew of Stand Watie and grandson of an early-day Cherokee missionary. The town is the governmental center of county of Delaware County, having won that distinct ion from Grove, Oklahoma in a special governmental center of county election on December 8, 1908.
The 1910 11 Legislature made Grove a County Court Town, and provided for two court terms each year.
On June 27, 1911, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled in favor of Jay, and on January 5, 1912, the County Commissioners ordered the records to be moved to Jay. On May 10, 1913 the courthouse in Jay was burned, destroying most of the county records.
East facade of Delaware County Courthouse.
Jay is positioned at 36 25 26 N 94 47 52 W (36.423906, -94.797831). in the oak and hickory forests of the Ozark Plateau.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), all of it land.
The Cherokee name for Jay is Dlaygvi (Bluejay Place).
Jay is atypical in Oklahoma history because the townsite and layout were positioned and platted specifically for its purpose as a county seat.
It is not positioned on a river, primary road or stockyards line as were most Oklahoma suburbs of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Around 1908, the Delaware County Improvement Association hired a survey team to pinpoint the exact locale of the center of the county.
In the city, the populace was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $21,875, and the median income for a family was $25,592.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Oklahoma Jay, Oklahoma.
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
Rose Stauber, "Delaware County," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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