Starkville, or Starksville, is a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by All ...
in
Lee County, Georgia
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,163. Its county seat is Leesburg.
Lee County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The land for Lee, M ...
. The town is named for
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revoluti ...
war hero
John Stark
Major-General John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was an American military officer who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. He became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Batt ...
.
History
Starkville was founded in 1832 as the county seat of Lee county. By 1837 a courthouse had been erected and by 1840 a jail was built. In 1856 the courthouse burned
and the county seat was moved to Webster, but returned in 1858. In 1832 Starkville Academy was formed to educate the young people of the town. The
Georgia General Assembly incorporated Starville as a town in 1839.
In 1872 the county seat was moved to Wooten Station (now known as Leesburg) and the population of Starkville dwindled away.
In 1916, five African-American men who had been taken from a jail in Worth County were lynched by a mob.
The town's municipal charter was not officially repealed until 1995.
Little remains of the original community. A cemetery marks the site.
References
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Populated places established in 1832
1832 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
Populated places disestablished in 1995