Stark County

Stark County is the name of three US counties:

  • Stark County, Illinois
  • Stark County, North Dakota
  • Stark County, Ohio
  • Starke County, Indiana, although spelled slightly differently, is also named for Revolutionary War General John Stark, the same origin as Stark County in other states.

Famous quotes containing the words stark and/or county:

    The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.
    Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

    I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.
    Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)