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Welcome to Stark ...

Stark is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Stark, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Stark is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Stark: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Stark ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Stark - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Texas (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Stark.

Communities near Stark ...

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

  • Bowling Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pittsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Louisiana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Elsberry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Eolia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • New Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • New Canton is located in Pike County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
  • Nebo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nebo is located in Pike County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nebo <4>
  • Frankford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Stark. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Stark.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Stark. 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 Stark.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stark ...

Looking for more information about Stark? 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 Stark, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Stark.

Adding Stark to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stark 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 Stark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Stark post office opened in 1888. The Stark post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stark.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Stark - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Stark area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Stark area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/