Stari Mikanovci (Hungarian: Horváti, German: Sankt Michael) is a village in Croatia, located in the eastern part of the large Croatian historic and geographic region of Slavonia, situated in the westernmost part of the smaller Croatian historic and geographic region of Srijem.

Stari Mikanovci is a middle-size Slavonian village with specific rur-urban physiognomy.

Village physio-morphologic features are characteristic for the geo-historic region of Srijem (so called "ušorena sela") and other parts of lowland Croatia such as Turopolje, Posavina, Podravina and Međimurje.

[4] Archaeological site was a part of the settlement network of Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.

[4] The village was a fief of the Order of St. John between the 13th and 15th century, and after that owned by the noble families Horvat and Gorjanski during the Ottoman wars in the region.