Star City is a small town of 460 inhabitants in

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, Canada, approximately southeast of

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and 18 km (10 mi) east of Melfort. It is named after its first postmaster, Walter Starkey. The town's economy is based primarily on

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. It has numerous services and a small K-12 school.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Star City had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Historic buildings

The town has two historic buildings: * The Town Office Building was constructed between 1919 and 1920 for the

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; the building currently houses a library. * Golden Age Club Buildings

References

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