Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 21,869 people, 9,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile (328.7/km²). There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile (153.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 64.60% White, 30.02% African American, 0.15% Native American, 3.75% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.64% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.34% of the population.

There were 9,462 households out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.1% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the city, the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 29.7% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $22,590, and the median income for a family was $39,557. Males had a median income of $35,782 versus $21,711 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,272. About 18.1% of families and 31.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.3% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

The City of Starkville is served by the Starkville School District

Starkville School District

The Starkville School District is a public school district based in Starkville, Mississippi .In addition to Starkville, the district also serves rural areas in central Oktibbeha County.-Schools:*Starkville High School *Armstrong Middle School...

.
Starkville High School athletics are designated as Class 6A, Region 1 in football and Class 6A, Division 2 in basketball.

Private schools include:

• Starkville Academy http://starkvilleacademy.org/
• Starkville Christian School http://www.scschool.org/
• Hebron Christian School

Four year colleges and universities

The campus of Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

 is partially located in Starkville. As of the fall of 2008, MSU is the state of Mississippi's largest university with 18,601 undergraduates, more than 4,000 graduate students, and more than 1,300 staff. The university is also the largest employer of Starkville and dominates the city's economy. Students have created a ready audience for the Magnolia Film Festival. Held every February, it is the oldest film festival in the state. Other major events held in Starkville and heavily supported by the MSU Student Body are the Dudy Gras Parade, Cotton District Arts Festival, Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival, Old Main Music Festival, Indian Mound Music and Art Festival, Ragtime Music Festival, and Bulldog Bash.

The Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi University for Women

Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or simply the "W" is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly known as Industrial Institute and College and later Mississippi State College for Women...

 is in Columbus

Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...

, 26 miles (41.8 km) east of Starkville.

Community colleges

Oktibbeha County is within the service area of the East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College , also known as East Mississippi Junior College, is a community college system in Mississippi with its headquarters in the Thomas L. Davis, Jr...

 system. The Golden Triangle Campus in Mayhew

Mayhew, Mississippi

Mayhew is an unincorporated village in Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Mayhew is located at west of Columbus, north of Artesia, east of Starkville and south of West Point. According to the United States Geological Survey, a variant name is Mayhew Station...

, unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Lowndes County

Lowndes County, Mississippi

As of the census of 2000, there were 61,586 people, 22,849 households, and 16,405 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 25,104 housing units at an average density of 50 per square mile...

, is 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Starkville. Other nearby community colleges include Mary Holmes Junior College, 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Starkville, and Wood Junior College, 19 miles (30.6 km) west of Starkville.

Government

Starkville is located in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district covers central portions of state and stretches from the Louisiana border in the west to the Alabama border in the east....

 and its 3rd state Supreme Court district. It is divided between state House districts 23, 35, 37, and 38, and between state Senate districts 15 and 16. Parker Wiseman (D) was elected mayor in 2009, replacing Dan Camp (D) to become the youngest Mayor in the State of Mississippi.

Popular culture

Famous American pilot Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...

 made a successful landing on the outskirts of Starkville in 1927 during his famous Guggenheim Tour and stayed at a boarding house in the Maben community. Lindbergh later wrote about that landing in his autobiographical account of his barnstorming days, titled "WE."

Starkville is purportedly the birthplace of Tee Ball

Tee Ball

Tee Ball or T-Ball is a sport based on baseball and is intended as an introduction for children to develop baseball skills and have fun. The name Tee Ball is a registered trademark while T-Ball is the generic name, although many sources use Tee Ball as a generic title.- Description :In T-Ball, the...

, invented by Dr. Clyde Muse, a member of the Starkville Rotarians

Rotary International

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...

 in 1961. Dr. Muse was also an educator in Starkville, having been principal of Starkville High School for many years. He also was a renowned baseball and basketball coach (one of his early teams won a State Championship. Members included Lewis Mallory, Jackie Wofford, Barry Wood, and Carse Smith.) The town itself is considered to be the Baseball Capital of the South, having been the birthplace of National Baseball Hall of Famer Cool Papa Bell and Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

, whose Diamond Dogs have made eight trips to the NCAA Baseball College World Series

College World Series

The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...

 in Omaha

Omaha

Omaha may refer to:*Omaha , a Native American tribe that currently resides in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Nebraska-Places:United States* Omaha, Nebraska* Omaha, Arkansas* Omaha, Georgia* Omaha, Illinois* Omaha, Texas...

, Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

.

Notorious American gangster Machine Gun Kelly

Machine Gun Kelly

George Kelley Barnes , better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he,...

 lived in Starkville for two years while attending Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

. He enrolled in the university to study agriculture in 1917.

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

 was arrested for public drunkenness by Harvey K. Turner (though he described it as being picked up for picking flowers) in Starkville and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965, which was the inspiration for his song "Starkville City Jail":

"They're bound to get you,
Cause they got a curfew,
And you go to the Starkville city jail."

The song appears on the album At San Quentin

At San Quentin

At San Quentin is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. As well as being released on record the concert was filmed by Granada Television....

.
Local oral tradition has it that he finished a gig at what is now the Dave's Darkhorse Tavern, and then walked a block west to the northwest corner of Lee Boulevard (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) and Montgomery Street, where he helped himself to the flower bed at the front of the house.

Each year the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival is held in Starkville, the city where Cash had been arrested over forty years earlier. The festival, where he was offered a symbolic posthumous pardon, honors Cash's life and music. The festival was started by Robbie Ward

Robbie Ward

Robbie Ward owes his life to a dead, hungry rattlesnake through a series of events. He has worked as a journalist for several Mississippi newspapers and currently serves as Mississippi State University’s research writer in the Office of University Relations, which includes editing the university’s...

, who urged the town to hold it annually based on the premise that: "Johnny Cash was arrested in seven places, but he only wrote a song about one of those places." Performers at the festival have included Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

, Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter

Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith....

, Jimmy Tittle, Marty Stuart

Marty Stuart

John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...

, Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver

Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...

 and Joanne Cash

Joanne Cash

Joanne Cash is a media barrister. She was the unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for Westminster North in the 2010 general election.-Early life:...

. Marshall Grant

Marshall Grant

Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...

, a founding member of the Tennessee Three

Tennessee Three

The Tennessee Three was the backing band for country music and rockabilly singer Johnny Cash for nearly 25 years, until Cash's reorganizing of the group and naming it The Great Eighties Eight in 1980....

, helps organize the event.

A song titled "Starkville" appears on the Indigo Girls

Indigo Girls

The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...

' 2002 album Become You.

Starkville also appears on a map of Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 in the controversial 2007 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, often referred to simply as Borat, is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox...

.

The Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville is a National Top 40 Rodeo Facility and is considered one of the top tourist attractions in North Mississippi.

Starkville has the Magnolia Film Festival, held annually in February. It is the oldest festival in the state for independent films.

The annual Cotton District Arts Festival in Starkville, held in the Historic Cotton District the 3rd weekend of April, is considered to be one of the top arts festivals in the state, drawing a record crowd of nearly 25,000 in 2008. On hand for the festivities were Y'all Magazine, Southern Living Magazine and Peavey Electronics, over 100 of the state's top artisans and 25 live bands.

Starkville is also the home of Bulldog Bash, Mississippi's

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

 largest open-air free concert.

Located on the MSU campus, the Cullis and Gladys Wade Clock Museum boasts an extensive collection of mostly American clocks and watches dating as far back as the early 18th century. The collection of over 400 clocks is the only one of its size in the region.

Media

Starkville is served by two daily papers, Starkville Daily News and The Starkville Dispatch, a free daily edition of The Commercial Dispatch. The Reflector, a Mississippi State University based newspaper, is also distributed around the city.

Notable people of Starkville

Birthplace of:

• Cool Papa Bell, African-American baseball great, 1903–1991
• Antuan Edwards
  Antuan Edwards
  Antuan Edwards is a retired American football player. He played safety in the National Football League...
  
  , NFL player
• Shauntay Hinton
  Shauntay Hinton
  Shauntay Hinton is an actress and former beauty queen from Starkville, Mississippi who won the Miss USA title in 2002.-Education:Hinton graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She later studied broadcast communications at Howard University....
  
  , Miss USA 2002
• Jasmine Murray
  Jasmine Murray
  Jasmine Sharee Murray is an independent American singer from Starkville, Mississippi. She is best known for being a finalist on the eighth season of American Idol where she placed 12th-13th alongside Jorge Núñez. She also competed in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant in 2007...
  
  , beauty queen, and top 13 finalist on American Idol
  American Idol
  American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
  
  
• Hayes Jones
  Hayes Jones
  Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...
  
  , gold medalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics
• Freddie Milons
  Freddie Milons
  Freddie Milons is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
  
  , wide receiver, University of Alabama
  University of Alabama
  The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
  
  , later played for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles
  Philadelphia Eagles
  The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Jess Mowry
  Jess Mowry
  Jess Mowry is an American author of books and stories for children and young adults. He has written fourteen books and many short stories for and about black children and teens in a variety of genres, ranging from inner-city settings to the forests of Haiti...
  
   (born 1960), American writer of juvenile books
• Travis Outlaw
  Travis Outlaw
  Travis Marquez Outlaw is an American professional basketball player currently with the New Jersey Nets of the NBA.-NBA career:...
  
  , NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  
• Ray Mabus
  Ray Mabus
  Raymond Edwin "Ray" Mabus, Jr. is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy. Mabus served as the 60th Governor of the U.S...
  
  , current Secretary of the Navy, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and former governor of Mississippi.
• Julio Borbon
  Julio Borbon
  Julio Alberto Borbon is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the Texas Rangers.-Baseball career:...
  
  , current starting Centerfielder for the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
   baseball team. He also played college baseball at the University of Tennessee
  University of Tennessee
  The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
  
  

Current residence of:

• Dan Mullen
  Dan Mullen
  -External links:** on Bulldog Junction's website* article on Coach Mullen as new MSU head coach* Dan Mullen goes from Trinity star QB to Mississippi State head coach...
  
  , Mississippi State University head football coach
• Willie Daniel
  Willie Daniel
  William Paul Daniel is a former American football defensive back who played nine seasons in the NFL....
  
  , world champion running back for the Los Angeles Rams and former Mississippi State University
  Mississippi State University
  The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
  
   stand-out
• Bailey Howell
  Bailey Howell
  Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...
  
  , world champion center for the NBA's Boston Celtics
  Boston Celtics
  The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
  
   and former Mississippi State University
  Mississippi State University
  The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
  
   stand-out
• Roy Vernon Scott
  Roy Vernon Scott
  Roy Vernon Scott is a Professor Emeritus of history at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, who specialized in agricultural and railroad studies in the American South and Midwest...
  
  , historian
• Amy Tuck
  Amy Tuck
  Amy Tuck was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. A Republican, she is only the second woman elected to statewide office in Mississippi and the first to have been re-elected.-Biography:...
  
  , Mississippi's former Lieutenant Governor
• Kenneth Thomas, writer, urologist, alumni of Mississippi State University and the University of Virginia Department of Urology

Educated in:

• Cully Cobb
  Cully Cobb
  Cully Alton Cobb, Sr. , was an agricultural pioneer, educator, printer, journalist, and philanthropist in the American South who with his second wife, Lois Dowdle Cobb , co-founded the Cobb Institute of Archaeology on the campus of Mississippi State University at Starkville, Mississippi.-Early...
  
  , donor/namesake of Cobb Institute of Archeology at MSU
• Damon R. Eubank
  Damon R. Eubank
  Damon R. Eubank is an historian at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky, principally known for his study of the family of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, In the Shadow of the Patriarch: The John J...
  
  , Kentucky historian
• Rich Fields
  Rich Fields
  Richard Wayne "Rich" Fields is an American broadcaster, spokesman, announcer and meteorologist, best known for being the announcer of the American version of The Price Is Right from 2004–2010....
  
  , announcer, The Price is Right
• Edwin Granberry
  Edwin Granberry
  Edwin Phillips Granberry was an American writer, novelist and translator. In 1932, he won the O. Henry Award for Best Short Short Story....
  
  , one of the writers of the comic strip Buz Sawyer
  Buz Sawyer
  Buz Sawyer was a popular comic strip created by Roy Crane and highly regarded by comic strip historians. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a long run from November 1, 1943 to 1989. The last strip signed by Crane was dated 21 April 1979....
  
  
• John Grisham
  John Grisham
  John Ray Grisham, Jr. is an American lawyer and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers.John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981 and practiced criminal law for about a decade...
  
  , acclaimed author of international best-selling novels A Time to Kill
  A Time to Kill
  A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
  
  , The Firm, The Pelican Brief
  The Pelican Brief
  The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller written by John Grisham in 1992. The hardcover edition was published by Doubleday in that same year. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993...
  
  , The Runaway Jury
  The Runaway Jury
  The Runaway Jury is a legal thriller novel written by American author John Grisham. The hardcover first edition was published by Doubleday Books in 1996 . Pearson Longman released the graded reader edition in 2001 . The novel was published again in 2003 to coincide with the release of Runaway...
  
  , The Client
  The Client
  The Client is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana...
  
  , The Chamber, etc.
• Troy H. Middleton
  Troy H. Middleton
  Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton was a distinguished soldier-educator who served as a corps commander in Europe during World War II and later as President of Louisiana State University...
  
  , World War II Corps Commander and President of Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University
  Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
  
  
• G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery
  Gillespie V. Montgomery
  Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery was an American politician from Mississippi who served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1967–1997...
  
  , U.S. congressman
• Hartley Peavey
  Hartley Peavey
  Hartley Peavey is a founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics Corporation and a well-known innovator in the musical equipment industry. A 1965 graduate of Mississippi State University, Peavey has been recognized by his alma mater as an Alumni Fellow and as the 2004 commencement speaker...
  
  , founder of Peavey Electronics, one of the world's largest manufacturers of sound amplification equipment
• Jimmy G. Shoalmire
  Jimmy G. Shoalmire
  Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire was an historian of the American South originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, who specialized in Reconstruction and agricultural studies.-Early years and education:...
  
  , historian at MSU, 1967–1979
• John C. Stennis
  John C. Stennis
  John Cornelius Stennis was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member by his retirement.- Early life :...
  
  , U.S. Senator
• Miles O'Keefe, actor
• Rafael Palmeiro
  Rafael Palmeiro
  Rafael Palmeiro Corrales is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985...
  
  , professional baseball player
• Will Clark
  Will Clark
  William Nuschler Clark, Jr. is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants from to .Will was known by the nickname of "Will the Thrill"...
  
  , professional baseball player
• See also: List of Mississippi State University notable alumni

Other notable residents:

• Bailey Howell
  Bailey Howell
  Bailey E. Howell is a former professional basketball player now enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 6'7" forward from Mississippi State University, he played 12 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia...
  
  , NBA Basketball Player
• Dee Barton
  Dee Barton
  Dee Barton was an American film score composer noted for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films...
  
  , composer
• Machine Gun Kelly
  Machine Gun Kelly
  George Kelley Barnes , better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most famous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon & businessman Charles Urschel in July 1933 for which he,...
  
  , Prohibition
  Prohibition in the United States
  Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...
  
  -era gangster
• Shane McRae
  Shane McRae
  Shane McRae is an American actor. He appeared in Hack, guest starred on One Life to Live, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Cold Case, and was one of the stars of the ill-fated sitcom, Four Kings....
  
  , actor, appeared in Hack, guest-starred on One Life to Live
  One Life to Live
  One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
  
  , Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and was one of the stars of the ill-fated sitcom Four Kings
  Four Kings
  Four Kings is a sitcom introduced as a part of NBC's winter 2006 programming but cancelled before the end of the season. It aired at 8:30pm on Thursdays. It starred Seth Green, Josh Cooke, Todd Grinnell and Shane McRae...
  
  
• Major General William M. Miley
  William M. Miley
  Major General William Miles "Bud" Miley was a United States Army major general and a professor of military science.-Early life:...
  
   (Bud Miley), U.S. 17th Airborne Division
  U.S. 17th Airborne Division
  The 17th Airborne Division was an airborne unit in the United States Army during World War II, and was commanded by Major General William M. Miley. It was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 but was not immediately shipped out to a combat theater, remaining in the United...
  
   World War II, former assistant professor of military science at Mississippi State University
  Mississippi State University
  The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
  
  
• Del Rendon
  Del Rendon
  Del Rendon was a musician from Starkville, Mississippi whose music career spanned 20 years. He toured throughout the southeastern United States and Nashville, Tennessee. Many musicians have cited him as an influence and a friend. He died September 4th, 2005.-Puerto Rican Rum Drunks:Rendon...
  
  , singer and guitarist (Puerto Rican Rum Drunks)
• Latavious Williams
  Latavious Williams
  Latavious Williams is an American professional basketball player who plays for the FIATC Joventut in Spain. After graduating from high school, he played with the Tulsa 66ers in the NBA Development League , a minor league basketball organization owned and run by the National Basketball Association...
  
  , NBA Basketball Player
• Trevor Reid, Founder of TR Squared Production & Design, former student at Mississippi State University
  Mississippi State University
  The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
  
  

Transportation

Golden Triangle Regional Airport

Golden Triangle Regional Airport

Golden Triangle Regional Airport is a public airport midway between the towns of Columbus, Starkville, and West Point, Mississippi, and serving the area known as the Golden Triangle and the surrounding region of Mississippi...

 serves Starkville and The Golden Triangle with daily commercial flights to Memphis, TN and Atlanta, GA on Delta Connection

Delta Connection

Delta Connection is the name under which a number of individually owned regional airlines and one wholly owned regional carrier operate short and medium haul routes in association with Delta Air Lines Inc...

.

George M. Bryan Airport

George M. Bryan Airport

George M. Bryan Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Starkville, a city in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. The airport, also known as George M. Bryan Field, was named in honor of World War II veteran...

 is a publicly-owned airport primarily serving local and transient general aviation traffic, but is also used for flight testing by Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

 and its Raspet Flight Research Laboratory.

Religion

Starkville boasts over eighty houses of worship, accommodating almost all religious traditions, largely due to the presence of Mississippi State University, which attracts people with a diverse range of nationalities. As of October 2007, approximately half (49.74%) of people in Starkville claim a religious affiliation, with the plurality (41.59% ) self-identifying as Protestant. Starkville has moderate percentages of Baptist

Baptist

Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

 (25%) and Methodist (11%) adherents and small percentages of Catholic, Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

, Mormon

Mormon

The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...

, and Islamic adherents as well.

External links

• Official City of Starkville Website
• Greater Starkville Development Partnership (GSDP) Website
• Official Oktibbeha County Website
• Starkville School District Website
• Oktibbeha County Hospital Website
• GTR Airport Website
• Starkville / Oktibbeha Public Library Website
• Starkville Daily News Website
• The Starkville Dispatch Website
• High Cotton News Website
• Starkville Area Arts Council Website
• City Wiki (unofficial)
• Mississippi State University Welcome Center