Starkville
A college town in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, built around Mississippi State University, with a compact centre of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches. Founded in 1831 as Boardtown for its sawmilling trade, it was renamed in 1837 to honour Revolutionary War general John Stark. The Cotton District, developed in the 1960s as North America's first New Urbanist community, sits between downtown and the university campus and remains an active student quarter.
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- Population25,366
- Nearest water from center 1.4 km0.9 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 29 km18 mi
Nearest airports
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Starkville: quick answers
Where is Starkville?
Starkville is in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, about 119 km74 miles in a straight line from Tuscaloosa.
How do you get to Starkville?
The nearest airport is Columbus/W Point/Starkville (GTR), about 39 min away by road. The nearest train station is Greenwood, about 1 hr 36 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Starkville?
The warmest month is July, averaging 28°C82°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 7°C44°F. The wettest month is February, with about 137 mm5.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Starkville?
OpenStreetMap lists 1 museum, 16 restaurants, 3 cafés and 17 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.