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Cross Roads, now called Starr, got its name through the many roads leading into and through the area. The place was centered in the middle of a triangle, formed by the intersection of six roads at the points of the triangle. Cross Roads was a logical name for the place which dates back to the early 1800 s. Horse- drawn wagon trains hauling merchandise were a familiar sight in the days before the railroad era. In 1891, the rural community post office was called Twiggs, named after a prominent merchant and business man who settled there, but a year later the post-mark on letters and cards bore the name, Starr. With the coming of the railroad the Starr area started to expand and prosper. The place was named for a Mr. Starr, a prominent railroad official who helped to locate the railroad through Starr which was then called Twiggs. The railroad station was discontinued some years ago, and the building bearing the station sign Starr will probably be preserved as a museum piece. (Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)
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