Country United States Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) Zip code 71279 Local time Sunday 7:06 AM | State Louisiana ZIP codes 71279 Population 657 (2007) | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind S at 2 km/h, 94% Humidity Parish Richland Parish, Louisiana | ||
Start is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, in the United States. The community has 657 residents.
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Map of Start, LA 71269, USA
Geography
Start is located at 32°29′11″N 91°51′33″W (32.48639, -91.85917). It is adjacent to the communities of Crew Lake to the west, Girard to the east, Oak Ridge to the north, and Alto and Mangham to the south.
Community
Start is a small unincorporated community and mainly consists of farmland. The town itself has several churches, the Start Mart, Start In-and-Out, homes, Whitten Barber Shop, Walters Woodworks, and the Start Fire Department. [1]
Start Elementary School, which is operated by the Richland Parish School Board, is located in the community and serves students in grades kindergarten through sixth.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting created a documentary of Start in 2006.
History
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the community known as Start did not have a name. In 1908, Charles Titsch marked out a town plat and called it Charleston. J.M. Morgan (1866-1940) needed a name in order to operate a post office from his store. Morgantown was submitted to the United States Post Office, but the name was rejected. In 1918, Rachel Morgan, a daughter to J.M. Morgan was the new post master, and submitted the name Charleston. This name was also rejected. Rachel finally concluded that the name Start should be submitted, because they were making a new start. On July 26, 1918, the U.S. Postal Service accepted Start as the official name of the community.