Starkville is a city in and the county seat of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, Starkville's population is 24,360, making it the 16th-most populated city in Mississippi. Starkville is the largest city in the Golden Triangle, which had a population of 175,474 in 2020, and the principal city of the Starkville–Columbus, MS CSA. Founded in 1831, the city was originally known as Boardtown for the local sawmilling operation there, but was renamed in 1837 to honor American Revolutionary War general John Stark.
Southeast
Starkville
Oktibbeha County, MS
Population
24,274
Walk Score
76 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$861
Median home value
$244,000
[[List of cities in Mississippi
1835
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Downtown Starkville Historic District · listed 2012
- Greensboro Street Historic District · listed 1982
- Greensboro Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2008
- Nash Street Historic District · listed 1993
- Oktibbeha Gardens Subdivision Historic District · listed 2017
- Overstreet School Historic District · listed 1992
Notable landmarks
- Bardwell House · listed 1992
- Bell House · listed 1992
- Carroll, Thomas Battle, House · listed 1991
- Cedars, The · listed 1985
- Gay, C. E., House · listed 1991
- Gillespie-Jackson House · listed 1986
- Herman Mound and Village Site · listed 1993
- Hotel Chester · listed 1985
- Lampkin-Owens House · listed 1980
- Lyon's Bluff Site · listed 1976
- Magruder-Newsom House · listed 1984
- Meadow Woods Plantation House · listed 2001
- Montgomery Hall · listed 1975
- Odd Fellows Cemetery · listed 1990
- Outlaw, Dossey A., Plantation · listed 2002
- Rogers, Emma and Ed, House · listed 2017
- Starkville Colored Cemetery · listed 2014
- Stone, John M., Cotton Mill · listed 1975
- Textile Building · listed 1975
- Walker-Critz House · listed 1989
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