🌳 Quay, Oklahoma

Quay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on the boundary line between Pawnee and Payne counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 47 at the 2000 census, when it was still a town; the community disincorporated on August 23, 2000. No population was recorded in the census of 2010. But the 2020 Census recorded 39 persons. Originally named Lawson, it was renamed in 1903 in honor of Pennsylvania Senator Matthew Quay. The discovery of oil nearby caused the population to grow to about four thousand in the early 1920s before declining.