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Stark
Stark or Starke may refer to: Places Antarctica and vicinity * Stark Point, James Ross Island * Stark Ridge, Churchill Mountains * Stark Rock, south of the Crulls Islands United States * Starke, Florida, a city * Stark, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Stark, Kansas, a city * Stark, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Stark, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Stark, New Hampshire, a town * Stark, New York, a town * Stark, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Wisconsin, a town * Stark City, Missouri * Stark County, Illinois * Starke County, Indiana * Stark County, North Dakota * Stark County, Ohio * Stark Township, Brown County, Minnesota Elsewhere * Stark (crater), on the Moon People with the name * Stark (surname), including Starke, and fictional characters * Stark Young (1881–1963), American teacher and writer Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Stark (''The Longest Jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark County, North Dakota
Stark County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,646, and was estimated to be 33,767 in 2024, making it the 7th-most populous county in North Dakota. The county seat and the largest city is Dickinson. Stark County is part of the Dickinson, North Dakota micropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the Dickinson Micro Area had a population of 38,686 (a July 1, 2024 estimate placed the population at 38,861) in Billings, Dunn, and Stark Counties. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on February 10, 1879, taking area from now-extinct Howard and Williams counties and some previously unincorporated territory. It was named for George Stark, a vice president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The county organization was not completed at that time, but the new county was not attached to another county for administrative and judicial purposes. The county lost a portion of its area when Hettinger County was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark, Kansas
Stark is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 69. History The first post office at Stark was established in January 1886. Stark was laid out and platted in 1888. It was named after Stark County, Illinois. The Kansas City Pacific Railroad built through Stark and maintained passenger and freight depots in the town. The rail line soon became the Kansas City Division of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and is still active today as part of the Union Pacific Railroad. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Stark is located east of U.S. Route 59 on K-201.DeLorme. ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 65. . Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 72 people, 39 households, and 25 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 48 housing units at an average density of . The raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark Ridge
Holyoake Range () is a mountain range in the Ross Dependency of Antarctice. It is in the southern section of the Churchill Mountains, part of the Transantarctic Mountains System. Location The range extends in a northwest–southeast direction for about . The Starshot Glacier runs east past the north of the range. The Prince Philip Glacier runs south-south-east along the range's west side, and the Errant Glacier runs south-south-east along its east side. Both join the Nimrod Glacier, which runs northeast past the range's south end. The Cobham Range is to the west, on the other side of the Prince Philip Glacier. Topology and Geology The Holyoake Range is a largely ice-free limestone massif. It is wide on average. The peaks rise steadily from Cambrian Bluff in the south at to Mount Hunt further north at . The range rises abruptly from the bordering glaciers and has a subrectangular plan. This suggests it gained its present form from block faulting during the Victoria Orog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark County, Illinois
Stark County is a county in Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,400. Its county seat is Toulon. Stark County is part of the Peoria, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Stark County was formed in 1839 out of Knox and Putnam counties. It was named for General Colonel John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822), who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. File:Stark County Illinois 1839.png, Stark County at the time of its creation in 1839 In the latter part of April 1829 a solitary, heavily laden wagon was wending its way from the hospitable home of Mr. French, at Prince's Grove, about a half mile north-west of the present town of Princeville, towards Spoon River, probably crossing that stream at a point since known as Boardman's Ford, or, as others think, near the seat of Cox's Mill, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark City, Missouri
Stark City is a town in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is adjacent to the battlefield of the Second Battle of Newtonia. History The town formerly known as Chester was renamed in the 1930s to Stark City. A post office called Stark City has been in operation since 1912. The community has the name of William P. Stark, the proprietor of a local nursery. Geography Stark City is located along Missouri Route 86, nine miles east of Neosho. Newtonia is one mile north and Fairview is approximately six miles east, along Route 86.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 139 people, 60 households, and 39 families living in the village. The population densi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark, New Hampshire
Stark is a New England town, town in Coös County, New Hampshire, Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 478 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 556 tabulated in 2010. It has a famous covered bridge. The town includes the villages of Percy and Crystal as well as the village of Stark, located on the Upper Ammonoosuc River. New Hampshire Route 110 runs through Stark, east from U.S. Route 3#New Hampshire, U.S. Highway 3 in Groveton, New Hampshire, Groveton and northwest from New Hampshire Route 16, Route 16 in Berlin, New Hampshire, Berlin. Much of the town is within the boundaries of the White Mountain National Forest. Stark is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire, Berlin, Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Granted in 1774, Stark was originally named "Percy", after Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. The town was incorporated in 1795, and renamed "Stark" in 1832, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark County, Ohio
Stark County is a county located in the northeastern part of U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 374,853. Its county seat is Canton. The county was created in 1808 and organized the next year. It is named for John Stark, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. Stark County is included in the Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area. History Stark County was named in honor of American Revolutionary War General John Stark. John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. In the 1760s and 1770s Moravian missionaries from Pennsylvania came to preach the gospel to the native people, and also to lead and resettle already converted native people migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark (novel)
''Stark'' is a 1989 novel by comedian Ben Elton. It was commercially and critically successful in the United Kingdom and Australia. It was Elton's first novel, and launched his writing career. ''Stark'' was reprinted 23 times in its first year, and ultimately sold well over a million copies, making Elton one of a small number of novelists to sell more than a million copies of their first book. The novel was adapted into '' Stark'', a television miniseries. It is a comedy with environmental themes. The comedy style has been compared with the literary works of Douglas Adams and Grant Naylor. It is set mainly in Australia, in a dystopian near-future, and the lead protagonist is an expat Englishman. The story is told from the point of view of a large number of characters, and the point of view often temporarily shifts to that of an animal. Much of the early plot takes place in Carlton, a fictional town south of Perth, Western Australia. Most of the rest of the novel takes place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, the character first appearance, first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #39 in 1962 (cover dated March 1963) and received his own title with ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'' #1 in 1968. Shortly after his creation, Iron Man became a founding member of the superhero team, the Avengers (comics), Avengers, alongside Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Hank Pym, Ant-Man, the Wasp (character), Wasp, and the Hulk. Iron Man stories, individually and with the Avengers, have been published consistently since the character's creation. Iron Man is the superhero persona of Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, a businessman and engineer who runs the weapons manufacturing company Stark Industries. When Stark was captured in a war zone and sustained a severe heart wound, he built his Iron Man ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Stark
George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' saga features a large cast of characters. The series follows three interwoven plotlines: a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families; the rising threat of the undead White Walkers beyond the northern border of Westeros; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen, the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty. In Martin's fictional world, the Great Houses of Westeros represent the Seven Kingdoms which exist on the continent: the North, the Iron Islands, the Vale of Arryn, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Reach, and Dorne. A massive wall of ice and old magic separates the Seven Kingdoms from the largely unmapped area in the most northern portion of the continent. Each chapter is narrated in the third-person limited point of view through the eyes of a single character. Beginning with nine POV characters in '' A Game of Thrones'' (1996), a total of thirty-one such characters have narrated over the course of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stark (surname)
Stark and Starke are German and English surnames; in the German language ''stark'' means "strong" or "powerful". Notable people with the surname include: People Stark * Andrew Stark (born 1964), Australian street photographer * Anthony Stark (1961–2011), American Film director and screenwriter * Arthur C. Stark (1846–1899), British medical doctor and naturalist * Arthur James Stark (1831–1902), English painter *Benjamin Stark (1820–1898), American merchant, politician; U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator (D-OR) * Chris Stark (born 1987), British radio personality * Christine Stark (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player * David Stark (other), several people * Dolly Stark (1885–1924), American baseball coach and player * Edward W. Stark (1869–1935), American politician * Ethel Stark (1916–2012), Canadian violinist and conductor * Etilmon J. Stark (1868–1962), American composer and arranger *Dame Freya Stark (1893–1993), English writer about the Middle Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Forward
''Only Forward'' is a science fiction novel by English writer Michael Marshall Smith; his debut novel, it was first published in 1994 by HarperCollins. It was the winner of the August Derleth Award (1995) and Philip K. Dick Award (2000). Plot The protagonist, Stark, lives in an unidentified large city, referred to only as The City, several centuries in the future. The City comprises a variety of Neighbourhoods that enforce their own rules on residents. Stark's Neighbourhood is Colour, which has an entry requirement of an appreciation of colour, and a central computer that changes the colours of its streets. Other Neighbourhoods include the Action Centre, where |
