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History · Star City

Star City’s post office opened in 1862, and 68% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Star City began

When was Star City founded?

1862

The Star City post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 281164 years
Founding year: the first Star City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Star City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Star City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Star City’s homes were built before 1938.
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How Star City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Star City.

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Star City was originally called Scarboro, and under the latter name was laid out in 1859. The original name proved to be unpopular, and the name was changed to Star City in 1861 by a vote of the citizens.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Star City, decade by decade

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Post Office 56372021Post Office 5637Main Street 56382021Main Street 5638Main Street 56362021Main Street 5636

Questions about Star City’s history

What year was Star City founded?

The Star City post office opened in 1862, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.