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Welcome to Stump ...

Stump is located in Estill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stump, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Stump is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Stump: 606

Communities Also Named Stump ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stump - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Stump ...

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

  • Richmond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Berea
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Beattyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Camargo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ravenna
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Winston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Winston is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
  • Miller's Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Miller's Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Creek

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 Stump. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stump.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stump. 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 Stump.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stump ...

Looking for more information about Stump? 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 Stump, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stump.

Adding Stump to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stump in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Stump post office opened in 1920. The Stump post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stump.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Estill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stump - 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/