Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Stay (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Stay. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Stay is located in Owsley County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Owsley County : Breathitt , Clay , Jackson & Lee .
Below are the counties that are near Stay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stay:
Owsley County (The home county of Stay)
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Lerose (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Lerose is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose Booneville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Pebworth (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Pebworth is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Vincent (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Vincent is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Ricetown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Ricetown is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown Travellers Rest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Sebastian (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Sebastian is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Island City (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Island City is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Mistletoe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Mistletoe is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Breathitt County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Copebranch (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Jetts Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Oakdale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Oakdale is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Chenowee (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Frozen Creek (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek Jackson (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Wolverine (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Wolverine is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine Vancleve (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Vancleve is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve Quicksand (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Quicksand is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand Whick (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Whick is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whick Kragon (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Kragon is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kragon Lost Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Clayhole (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Clayhole is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Teges (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Teges is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teges Sextons Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Sextons Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek Oneida (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Oneida is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Barcreek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Barcreek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcreek Laurel Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Laurel Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Creek Burning Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Burning Springs is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs Fall Rock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Fall Rock is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock Eriline (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Eriline is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline Sidell (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Sidell is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidell Big Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Big Creek is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Benge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Benge is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge Fogertown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Fogertown is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown Larue (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Larue is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larue Estill County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Miller's Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Miller's Creek is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek Lynch Town (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Lynch Town is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Town Wagersville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Wagersville is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagersville Furnace (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Furnace is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Ravenna (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Irvine (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Locust Branch (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Locust Branch is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch Witt Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Witt Springs is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Springs Winston (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Winston is located in Estill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston Jackson County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Gray Hawk (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Gray Hawk is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Hawk Tyner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Tyner is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner Foxtown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Foxtown is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown McKee (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Annville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Waneta (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Waneta is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waneta Dabolt (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Dabolt is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dabolt Sandgap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Sandgap is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandgap Kerby Knob (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Kerby Knob is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby Knob Peoples (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Peoples is located in Jackson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Laurel County
Greenmount (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Greenmount is located in Laurel County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Lee County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Lone (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Lone is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tallega (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Saint Helens (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Athol (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Beattyville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Primrose (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Idamay (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Idamay is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idamay Heidelberg (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Heidelberg is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidelberg Vada (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Vada is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vada Williba (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Williba is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williba Fincastle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Zoe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Zoe is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoe Zachariah (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Zachariah is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zachariah Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Sizerock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Sizerock is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock Confluence (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Confluence is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence Bear Branch (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Bear Branch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch Thousandsticks (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks Hyden (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wooton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Wooton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton Wendover (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Madison County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Panola (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Panola is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Duluth (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Duluth is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Brassfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Brassfield is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brassfield Dreyfus (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Dreyfus is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreyfus Bybee (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bybee is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee Bighill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Bighill is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighill Speedwell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Speedwell is located in Madison County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell Magoffin County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Netty (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Netty is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty Ova (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Ova is located in Magoffin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova Menifee County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Denniston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Denniston is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston Mariba (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mariba is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariba Wellington (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Wellington is located in Menifee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Frenchburg (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Maytown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Maytown is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown Cannel City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Cannel City is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City Ezel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Ezel is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel Mize (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Mize is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize Grassy Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Buckhorn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Gays Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Gays Creek is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek Saul (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Saul is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul Chavies (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Chavies is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies Krypton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Krypton is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton Stacy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Stacy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Busy (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Busy is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Butterfly (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Butterfly is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly Dice (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Dice is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice Yerkes (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Yerkes is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes Bonnyman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bonnyman is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman Avawam (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Avawam is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam Ary (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Powell County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Barker Branch (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Barker Branch is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Branch South Fork (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
South Fork is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Slade (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Knowlton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Knowlton is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton Cat Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Cat Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek Pecks Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Pecks Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek Rosslyn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Rosslyn is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn Hatton Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hatton Creek is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek Upper Cane (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Upper Cane is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cane North Bend (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
North Bend is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend Stanton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Vaughns Mill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughns Mill Old Clay City Road (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Clay City Road Wolfe County
The following are listed by their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Mary (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Mary is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Bethany (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bethany is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Campton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Rogers (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Pine Ridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Lexie (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Lexie is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie Valeria (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Valeria is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria Hazel Green (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green Lee City (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lee City is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City Toliver (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Toliver is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver Belknap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Belknap is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap Helechawa (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Helechawa is located in Wolfe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stay, see our County-by-County Page for Stay .
Cemeteries Near Stay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stay.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Stay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
McIntosh Family Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Howard Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Moore Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Shepherd Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Cemetery The Shepherd Cemetery has also been known as:
Shepherd Memorial Cemetery Lerose Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Pendergrass Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Snowden Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden Cemetery The Snowden Cemetery has also been known as:
The Pines Cemetery Burns Family Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
McIntire Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire Cemetery The McIntire Cemetery has also been known as:
Manious, McIntire & Dooley Cemetery McIntosh Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Callahan Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Cowcreek Church Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Continue List (611 more) ...
Johnson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
River View Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Crawford Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Stay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stay, with the one closest to Stay listed first.
Eversole (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Eversole is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eversole Tallega (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Tallega is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallega Athol (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Athol is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol Beattyville (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Monica (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Monica is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica Saint Helens (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Proctor (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Proctor is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor Southfork (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Southfork is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southfork Jetts Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek Copebranch (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Copebranch is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch Travellers Rest (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest Sturgeon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Sturgeon is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Continue List (14 more) ...
Conkling (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Conkling is located in Owsley County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Chenowee (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Chenowee is located in Breathitt County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenowee Fincastle (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Lee County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stay .
Newspapers Published in Stay ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stay, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Stay.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Stay:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Owsley County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Breathitt County Clay County Estill County Jackson County Laurel County Lee County Leslie County Madison County Magoffin County Menifee County Morgan County Perry County Powell County Wolfe County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.