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Starkville former Lee County seat

Ghost town Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Large cents, stoneware, early bottle glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1832-1872 county seat

Founded in 1832 as the Lee County seat, Starkville had a courthouse, jail and academy and was incorporated in 1839. After the seat moved to Wooten Station (Leesburg) in 1872 the population drifted away.View source →

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