Starns, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

STARNS is the surname given to a bridge, Starns Bridge, which spans the

Tickfaw River north of Holden on La. Hwy. 441; an extinct post office,

Starns Post Office, which was situated near the Starns Bridge on land

now owned by Wright "Bob" Morgan; several cemeteries; and a road, Starns

Road, which runs in a northwest direction from Albany to the Tickfaw

River.  The Starns Road, a parish road, is also locally known as the

Pea Ridge Road.

     The Starns family has resided in Livingston Parish for a long time,

as the Spanish West Florida Records mention a civil suit filed in 1805

by Thomas Spell against Jacob Starns.

     Starns Post Office was established on April 13, 1882 with Adolphus

Starns as postmaster.  The geographical site location report dated Dec.

23, 1881 indicates that the proposed name was Starns Mills, but the Post

Office Department shortened this.  Mr. and Mrs. Morgan related that a

mule and buggy were used by Sentell Lott to carry mail from the Holden

post Office to the Starns Post Office.  Sellona E. Starns was the second

postmaster, and the office was discontinued on April 17, 1917.

     Professor Alcee Fortier's book Louisiana, 1914, contains the following

entry on Starns:

Starns, a post-village in the
northeastern part of Livingston
Parish is a station on the line 
of the Brakenridge Railway & 
Navigation Company about 12 miles
north of Springville, the parish
seat.

     The Starns family had been much earlier involved with another Living-

ston Parish post office, as other postal records indicate that Edward B.

Starns was the first postmaster of the Hollywood Post Office, established

Jan. 19, 1856 and discontinued on June 22, 1866.  Mail Route 8174 extended

from Stoney Point by Dennis Mills, Hog Branch, Roberts Mill, and Hollywood

to St. Helena.

     Another Livingston Parish post office with which a member of the Starns

family was affiliated was Springfield.  Purnell F. Starnes served as post-

master from June 12, 1858 to June 28, 1866. -- Clark Forrest, Jr.

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