Welcome to Starks ...

Starks is located in Oneida County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Starks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Starks is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Starks: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Starks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Starks - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Starks ...

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

• Rhinelander
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
• Crandon
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Eagle River
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Eagle River is located in Vilas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
• Gagen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gagen is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
• Monico
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Monico is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
• Atkins
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Atkins is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
• Sugar Camp
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
• Pelican Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
• Hiles
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hiles is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
• Jennings
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jennings is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings

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

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

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

Adding Starks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Starks 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 Starks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Starks post office opened in 1913. The Starks post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Starks.