Starkville is a statutory town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census. The town was named for Albert G. Stark, a coal mine owner. The community was formerly a company-owned coal-mining town owned and operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. On October 8, 1910, an explosion at the Sta…Starkville is a statutory town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census. The town was named for Albert G. Stark, a coal mine owner. The community was formerly a company-owned coal-mining town owned and operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. On October 8, 1910, an explosion at the Starkville mine killed 56 miners. Exactly a month later, an explosion at the nearby Victor-American Fuel Company mine in Delagua killed 76. Miners from Starkville aided in the recovery efforts.
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