Welcome to Starr ...So far, we found very little information about Starr. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Starr to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Starr, please Contact Us. Starr would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Starr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. While the community is gone, the present day location for Starr is 6,160 feet [1,878 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Starr is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Starr was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Starr was located: 775 Communities Also Named Starr ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Starr - they are located in Florida, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Starr. Communities near Starr ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Starr.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Starr. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Starr. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Starr. 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 Starr. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Starr. See our Newspapers Page for Starr. Adding Starr to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Starr in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Starr was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Starr. Footnotes ...
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