▁Fl at ", ▁it ▁was ▁established ▁ ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁its ▁present ▁location ▁and ▁named ▁after ▁a ▁local ▁ran ch ing ▁family . ▁A ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁granted ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁and ▁Daniel ▁Jay ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁community ' s ▁first ▁post master . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁the ▁town site ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁present ▁location ▁for ▁improved ▁proxim ity ▁to ▁rail ▁service , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁officially ▁renamed ▁" J ay ton " ▁later ▁that ▁same ▁year . ▁The ▁community ' s ▁first ▁newspaper , ▁the ▁Jay ton ▁Her ald , ▁was ▁established ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁By ▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁Jay ton ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁ 7 5 0 ▁residents . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁community ' s ▁in ception , ▁the ▁local ▁economy ▁had ▁originally ▁been ▁supported ▁mainly ▁by ▁the ▁cot ton ▁industry , ▁but ▁the ▁D ust ▁Bowl ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁had ▁a ▁dire ▁effect ▁on ▁production . ▁The ▁community ' s ▁economy ▁was ▁stabil ized ▁by ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁oil ▁later ▁that ▁same ▁de cade , ▁and ▁while ▁its ▁population ▁never ▁exceed ed ▁ 7 5 0 , ▁Jay ton ▁remained ▁stable ▁throughout ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁following ▁a ▁length y ▁and ▁he ated ▁court ▁battle , ▁the ▁city ▁wr ested ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁county ▁seat ▁from ▁the ▁decl ining ▁nearby ▁community