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Starke is located in east-central Bradford County. U.S. Route 301 passes through the center of the city, leading north 26 miles (42 km) to Baldwin and Interstate 10 (with Jacksonville through it) and southwest (via State Road 24) 25 miles (40 km) to Gainesville.

Starke, population 5,500, is the county seat of Bradford County and is one of two Natural North Florida towns named after Madison Starke Perry, Governor of Florida from 1857 to 1861.