Stanville (formerly Mare Creek) is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States."Feature Detail Report for: Stanville, Kentucky." USGS. Retrieved May 12, 2011. It had a population of 415 in 2000.U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Demographic Profiles
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.Kleber, John E. The Kentucky Encyclopedia (University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 739. Grady Wallace, All-American basketball player, born in Mare Creek.
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