The historic downtown hosts the King Cotton Crawfish Boil, an arts festival, and aChristmas paradeevery year.
Starkville is home to Mississippi State Universitythe state’s largest collegewhich makes for lively game days.
The Home of the Bulldogs has a population of just under 25,000.
Credit:Megan Bean/Mississippi State University
Starkville residents appreciate the town’s family-friendly atmosphere and affordable housing.
This is the second year in a row thatUSA Todayranked Starkville No.
1 in the South.
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