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Welcome to Starns ...

Starns is located in Livingston Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Starns, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Starns is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Starns lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Starns: 225

Communities near Starns ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Starns.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Starns. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Starns.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Starns. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Starns.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Starns. See our Newspapers Page for Starns.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Starns ...

Looking for more information about Starns? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Starns, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Starns.

Adding Starns to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Starns in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Starns was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Starns post office opened in 1882. The Starns post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Starns.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Starns - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/