Welcome to Starrville ...

Starrville is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Starrville is located in Smith County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Starrville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Starrville is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Starrville: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Starrville ...

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

Tyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108,222 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tyler
- From Starrville to Tyler
Kilgore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kilgore is located in Gregg County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,857 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kilgore <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kilgore
- From Starrville to Kilgore
Whitehouse
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whitehouse is located in Smith County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,108 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <4>
Lindale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lindale is located in Smith County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <4>
Gladewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gladewater is located in Gregg County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladewater <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gladewater
- From Starrville to Gladewater
White Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Gregg County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,283 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Oak <4>
Hideaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hideaway
- From Starrville to Hideaway
Overton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Overton is located in Rusk County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,503 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Overton <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Overton
- From Starrville to Overton
Big Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Sandy is located in Upshur County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Big Sandy
- From Starrville to Big Sandy
Hawkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkins is located in Wood County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,345 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hawkins <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Hawkins
- From Starrville to Hawkins

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Starrville ...

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

Adding Starrville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Starrville 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 Starrville was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Starrville.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Starrville - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Starrville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Starrville 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.