Starns, Louisiana

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Starns also known as Starns Mill is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located {{convert|6|mi|km|abbr=off}} northwest of Albany and {{convert|4|mi|km|abbr=off}} north of Holden.

History

A post office was established here in April 1882 and the area was named after the first postmaster, Adolphus Starns. Adolphus was a descendant of Edward Bynum Starns, who received the first land grant given in the area by the Spanish Empire. The Morgan family stated in an interview that a man named Sentel Lott would carry the daily mail back and forth between Holden, Louisiana, using a mule and buggy.{{cite book |author=Clare D’Artois Leeper |title=Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHeeUa0xNxcC&pg=PA237 |date=2012 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=978-0-8071-4740-5 |pages=237–}}{{cite web |author1=D.N. Pardue |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/livingston/history/placename/starnst.txt |title=Starns, Livingston Parish, Louisiana |website=usgwarchives.net |access-date=2019-08-31}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Livingston Parish, Louisiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Louisiana