Stab, Kentucky

Stab is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.

Stab
Unincorporated community
Stab
Location within the state of Kentucky
Stab
Stab (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°9′5″N 84°26′13″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPulaski
Elevation
837 ft (255 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42557
GNIS feature ID515642[1]

History

A post office called Stab was established in 1922, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1994.[2] The name Stab was chosen in part for its brevity; the first choice had been rejected as too long by postal authorities.[3]

gollark: Evidently, the first person to realize the power of lace (and cereal bars) achieved financial domination over things via lace wealth, while using mind magic things to prevent knowledge of their secret lace-making activities from existing.
gollark: And magic is able to meddle with people's brains.
gollark: Someone already *realized* the sheer value of lace.
gollark: The obvious explanation is (anti)memetics.
gollark: So there's this thing which is irritating to produce, and a presumably comparatively easy way to make it available to the population of mages, and nobody ever thought "Hmm, maybe I could make lace and exchange goods and services for money"?

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stab, Kentucky
  2. "Pulaski County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. "World's shortest creek in Stab". The Telegraph. May 8, 1980. p. 21. Retrieved 27 April 2015.



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