Starrsville is an

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in an exurban area southeast of Covington, Newton County,

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, United States.

History

Starrsville was founded by the Starr and Epps families in 1821 and is mentioned as early as the 1820s for its "good schools". The post office opened in 1836. Young John Allen, the Methodist missionary, attended high school here.

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(of the

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Candlers) described Allen's conversion to Christianity while attending high school at Looney's school in Starrsville in September 1853. The Central of Georgia Railway arrived in 1890 and the area came to be known as New Starrsville. In 1900 Starsville had a population of 57, with a "money order post office,... several good stores, and express office and (sic) does some shipping". In 1909 Starrsville was noted for its brick plant. The post office closed in 1976. The area is now in the midst of the exurban development of the Covington area which is part of

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. Starrsville contains the Starrsville Historic District, listed on the

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in 1998.Federal Register, Volume 63 Issue 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)
/ref> In addition to the historic buildings in the Historic District there is also a Starrsville Plantation (now hosting events) and both Starrsville and Epps cemeteries in the area.

External links

* ttp://www.starrsvilleumc.org/history.htm "History", "History of Starrsville", ''Starrsville United Methodist Church''

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Newton County, Georgia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)