Starkville Colorado Map

About Starkville, Colorado

Starkville is a locality in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 70.6 people per km². Starkville is located at 37.1153°N, 104.5242°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 81082.

Starkville lies cradled by a landscape that shifts dramatically from the vast, sun-bleached plains to the jagged embrace of the Front Range. It lies 78.8 miles south of Pueblo, CO (from Pueblo, CO: bearing 177°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south-southwest of Trinidad. Here, the air, scrubbed clean by altitude and distance, carries a crispness that hints at distant snowfields, even in the height of summer. The ground itself is a study in muted earth tones, a palette of ochre and umber broken by tenacious scrub and the occasional hardy pine, all under a sky that stretches, impossibly wide and luminous, from horizon to distant, snow-capped peaks. In autumn, the aspens ignite in a fleeting, fiery brilliance, their gold a stark contrast against the deepening blue of the sky, a vibrant pulse before the long quiet of winter. The bones of Starkville speak of a different era, of boom and bust, of pickaxes and grit. Its history is etched into the weathered facades of buildings that once housed saloons and assay offices, remnants of a mining past that infused the town with a spirit of hardy independence. Today, the murmur of the trout-bright rivers that thread through the surrounding valleys forms the town’s more gentle economic hum, drawing anglers and nature lovers. The dry, interior continental air still carries the scent of sagebrush and pine, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on Starkville, shaping its quiet, enduring character.

About This Starkville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Starkville, Colorado — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.115298, -104.524153. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Starkville and Las Animas County.

Detailed location data for Starkville includes the ZIP code (81082), telephone area code (970), county seat of Las Animas County (Trinidad), and school district assignment (Trinidad School District 1). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Starkville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.