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Stab, Kentucky

township in Pulaski County, Kentucky

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ7595694 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

Description

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

Stab is noted as the location of a karst window formation, Short Creek.

Editorial summary

“Stab, Kentucky” enters the record as township in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Stab, Kentucky and township can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922, 1994—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Stab, Kentucky and township.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Stab, Kentucky” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Stab, Kentucky and township provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7595694. Authority coordinates are 37.151, -84.437. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922 and 1994.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Stab, Kentucky”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Stab, Kentucky primary sources, Stab, Kentucky archive and Stab research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Stab, Kentucky”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Stab, Kentucky” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.