Stanville, Kentucky

Stanville (formerly Mare Creek) is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It had a population of 415 in 2000.

History

Stanville has a statue of Abraham Lincoln, which was relocated there from nearby Prestonsburg.

Notable people

• Dan Jack Combs, Kentucky Court of Appeals judge and Kentucky Supreme Court justice.
• Eric C. Conn, former attorney and convicted criminal, managed a lucrative law firm in Stanville in the 1990s and 2000s, becoming one of the top disability lawyers in the US, and had clients from all over the country.
• Solomon Stratton, soldier and explorer, died in Stanville.
• Grady Wallace, All-American basketball player, born in Mare Creek.

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