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Starke is a city in and the county seat of Bradford County, Florida, United States. [4] The population was 5,796 at the 2020 census. The origin of the city's name is disputed. Starke may have been named in honor of local landowner George W. Cole's fiancée's family or in honor of Madison Starke Perry, fourth governor of Florida. [5]
Map of the United States with Florida highlighted Map of Florida's municipalities. Florida is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 267 cities, 123 towns, and 21 villages in the U.S. state of Florida, a total of 411 municipalities. [1] They are distributed across 67 counties, in addition to 66 county governments. [2]
Bradford County Courthouse in Starke American Atheists bench and Ten Commandments display at the courthouse. Bradford County is a county in the north central region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,303. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Starke. [2]
The Call Street Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on December 12, 1985) located in Starke, Florida. It encompasses approximately 120 acres (0.49 km 2 ), and the boundaries are Jefferson, Cherry, Madison ( FL 100 ), and Temple Streets ( US 301 ).
State Road 230 (SR 230) is a short state highway in northeastern Florida that runs between Starke, Florida and Camp Blanding. It runs east and west and is always no more than two lanes wide. Within the Starke city limits, and slightly beyond, the road is known as Call Street.
Old Bradford County Courthouse along US 301 in Starke. A Starke Bypass was proposed for construction by the FDOT for the year 2010, and has been completed late summer of 2019 [6] [7] [8] The interchanges that already exist with US 441 near Sparr, SR 20 in Hawthorne, and SR 24 in Waldo could also be used if the state were to upgrade the road as ...
All of the other counties were created later from these two original counties. Florida became the 27th U.S. state in 1845, and its last county was created in 1925 with the formation of Gilchrist County from a segment of Alachua County. [1] Florida's counties are subdivisions of the state government.
This should not be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor (see below), built in Key West, Florida, approximately 280 miles to the Southwest of this Fort Taylor's location. The future President was a Colonel during the Second Seminole War and served in the Florida campaigns at the same time this Fort Taylor was in active operation. [11] Fort T.B. Adams