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Contact
Linda Carden, MMC
Town Clerk/Mgr.    Town of Jay, Florida
Phone: (850) 675-4556
Fax: (850) 675-6539
Address: 3695 Hwy 4
P.O. Box 66
Jay, Florida 32565
Email

Map
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Elected Officials
We have a Mayor-Council type of government:

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Budget
2011-2012 Fiscal Year
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Education
Our educational facilities, Jay High School and Jay Elementary are located inside the town limits. We are proud of our schools and feel our children receive exceptional education opportunity.
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Crops
Agriculture is our main source of income - Jay houses peanut drying facilities and Florida's only two cotton gins. Our main crops are peanuts and cotton.

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Industrial Park
We have land available for purchase in the Jay Industrial Park. For more information please contact City Hall at (850) 675-4556.

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Demographics
Population: 526
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Tourism/Recreation
We have one restaurant, beauty shops, barbershops, service stations, one bank, one grocery store, a drug store, flower shops, garages, auto supply stores, hardware stores, video shops, fabric shops, a meat market, farm supply stores, 7-11 stores, one funeral home and a new U.S. Post Office.

Jay is also home to Bray-Hendricks Park featuring:

• walking track
• 4 tennis courts
• basketball court
• handball court
• a small & a large pavilion
• baseball, softball and tee-ball fields
• playgrounds

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Hospital
We have one fifty-five bed hospital. This is also a swing bed facility. This hospital is an affiliate of Baptist Hospital located in nearby Pensacola.

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Churches
Jay 1st Baptist Church
Pastor Will Rushing
Phone 850-675-4587

Jay United Methodist Church
Pastor Virginia Beckham
Phone 850-675-4882

Jay 1st Assembly of God Church
Pastor Jeffery Hemley
Phone 850-675-6869

Church of Christ
Phone 850-675-6443

Corner Stone Christian Church
Fredrick Barrow
Phone 850-288-0634

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History
On the 30th of November 2002, Jay, named after its first postmaster, J.T. Nowling, celebrated its centennial anniversary. With it's friendly and caring people, this small town near the Florida/Alabama border has perfectly illustrated small town U.S.A. for more than 100 years.

In 1902, a committee was formed to select a name for the thriving farming community. James Thomas Nowling submitted the name "Pine Level" but it was declined due to a Florida post office already using it. Mr. Nowling was asked to submit a second name and was turned down again due to the name being too long. He was asked to submit yet another name but the Postal Department named the new post office after Mr. Nowling before he was able to submit another name and Mr. Nowling became the first postmaster of Jay.

A small group of farmers began a livestock market in 1940 and reached sales of up to $1 million within 10 years. This industry continues to flourish today.

Oil was discovered here in 1970. The Jay oilfield has approximately 67 oilwells - eleven within the town limits. Royalties from the oil have exceeded $400 million and have enabled us to build a new city hall, fire  department and recreation complex.

Jay continues to develop but holds fast to it's small town roots. Be sure to stop by the Jay History Museum, opened in 2009, because sometimes you want to be where everybody knows your name.

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