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Welcome to Stay ...

Stay is located in Owsley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stay, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

Stay is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Stay lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Stay: 606

Communities Also Named Stay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Stay - they are located in Georgia and Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stay.

Communities near Stay ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Stay.

  • Jackson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Beattyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • McKee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Campton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Buckhorn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pebworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pebworth is located in Owsley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebworth
  • 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
  • Saint Helens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Copebranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Copebranch is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copebranch

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Stay. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stay.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stay. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stay.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Stay. See our Newspapers Page for Stay.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stay ...

Looking for more information about Stay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Stay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stay.

Adding Stay to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stay in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Stay was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Stay post office opened in 1925. The Stay post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stay.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Owsley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/