Starks, LA

Starks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 659 residents. Starks is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Lake Charles and about 5 miles from the Texas 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. Starks's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Louisiana setting. The local scoop is how Starks's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.