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Starke County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 7, 1835 (authorized), 1850 (organized)
- Named after
- General John Stark
- Seat
- Knox
- Largest city
- Knox
- Total
- 312.21 sq mi (808.6 km )
- Land
- 309.13 sq mi (800.6 km )
- Water
- 3.07 sq mi (8.0 km ) 0.98%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,425
- Density
- 75.602/sq mi (29.190/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- starke .in .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Stark
- Official name
- Starke County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Knox
- Capital
- Knox
- Population
- 23371
- Area
- 809
- Elevation
- 712
- Shares border with
- Fulton County
- Official website
- www.co.starke.in.us
- Image
- SCCH South Facade 14-25-29 035.jpg
- Households
- 8490
- Dialing code
- 574
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- Commons category
- Starke County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Starke County, Indiana
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- different from
- Stark County
- native label
- Starke County
- per capita income
- 24105
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Starke County, Indiana
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Starke County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 23,371. The Starke County Courthouse is located in the county seat of Knox and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Starke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.