Star is known as the geographic center of North Carolina as measured via satellite, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.

[5] However, conflicting reports show the geographic center actually being in Chatham County, northwest of Sanford.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 806 people, 262 households, and 147 families residing in the town.

After the Civil War, a man named Angus Leach moved to Hunsucker's Store and helped to found the present Town of Star, serving as postmaster, hotel operator, and general merchandise store owner.

When the Aberdeen and West End Railroad (owned by the Page family of Aberdeen, NC), completed a branch to Star from Filo, NC (Biscoe, North Carolina) in 1895, it was only a short period later before Star was incorporated into a town.

Star was a major shipping point for lumber, turpentine, and bricks beginning in 1896 with the completion of the Asheboro and Montgomery Railroad, also built by the Page family.

This company preceded the Coca-Cola Plant in Star, which was later moved to Biscoe, North Carolina.

Also in 1900, the Montgomery Roller Mill was incorporated with a capital stock of $4700 by Braxton Auman, who also operated a whiskey distillery and chair factory.

The operation held a depot, water tank, and coal chute in Star.

In 1914–1915, Boy Scout Troop 111 was established in Star, one of the earliest in North Carolina.

Central Park NC has its current headquarters in the old Country Life Academy building in Star, now known as STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise.