Map of Starkville town, Colorado

Starkville is a Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census.

Starkville town overview:
Name:	Starkville town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Las Animas County
Incorporated:	March 2, 1954
Elevation:	6,365 ft (1,944 m)
Total Area:	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km²)
Land Area:	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	62
Population Density:	739.73/sq mi (285.69/km²)
ZIP code:	81082
Area code:	719
FIPS code:	0873715
GNISfeature ID:	0204813

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History

The town was named for Albert G. Stark, a coal mine owner.

The community was formerly a company-owned coal-mining town owned and operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. On 8 October 1910, an explosion at the Starkville mine killed 56 miners. Exactly a month later, an explosion at the nearby Victor-American Fuel Company mine in Delagua killed 76. Miners from Starkville aided in the recovery efforts.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km), all of it land. Starkville is 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Trinidad and 8 mi (13 km) from the border with New Mexico at Raton Pass. in the 19th Century the Santa Fe Trail passed through the community. Starkville is adjacent to Interstate 25 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.