Starks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States.

[2] It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Lake Charles and about 5 miles (8 km) from the Texas and Louisiana border.

Starks is known for its annual Mayhaw Festival to celebrate the fruit that grows in the bayous along the Texas/Louisiana border.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 659 people, 166 households, and 84 families residing in the CDP.

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