Starns, Louisiana

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.

Starns, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°33′42″N 90°39′32″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Livingston
Elevation [1]	43 ft (13 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70443
Area code	225
GNIS feature ID	556139 [1]
FIPS code	22-72990

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. 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.