Starks is an unincorporated community and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...
(CDP) in
Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana
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, United States. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 664.
It is located approximately northwest of
Lake Charles and about from the
Texas
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and Louisiana border. Starks is known for its annual
Mayhaw Festival to celebrate the fruit that grows in the bayous along the Texas/Louisiana border.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 659 people, 166 households, and 84 families residing in the CDP.
References
External links
Mayhaw Festival
Census-designated places in Louisiana
Census-designated places in Lake Charles metropolitan area
Census-designated places in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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