Starns, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States

30°33′42″N 90°39′32″W / 30.56167°N 90.65889°W / 30.56167; -90.65889CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishLivingstonElevation

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43 ft (13 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

70443

Area code225GNIS 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

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Starns, Louisiana
^ 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.
^ D.N. Pardue. "Starns, Livingston Parish, Louisiana". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.