Starns, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Starns is located in Louisiana
Starns
Starns
Starns is located in the United States
Starns
Starns
Coordinates: 30°33′42″N 90°39′32″W / 30.56167°N 90.65889°W / 30.56167; -90.65889
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishLivingston
Elevation
[1]
43 ft (13 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70443
Area code225
GNIS feature ID556139 [1]
FIPS code22-72990

Starns also known as Starns Mill is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) northwest of Albany and 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) north of Holden.

History

A post office was established here in April 1882 and the area was named after the first postmaster, Adolphus Starns. Adolphus was a descendant of Edward Bynum Starns, who received the first land grant given in the area by the Spanish Empire. The Morgan family stated in an interview that a man named Sentel Lott would carry the daily mail back and forth between Holden, Louisiana, using a mule and buggy.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Starns, Louisiana
  2. ^ Clare D’Artois Leeper (2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. ^ D.N. Pardue. "Starns, Livingston Parish, Louisiana". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.


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