Bradford County

Starke

Starke is an incorporated city and the county seat of Bradford County. The city runs both Building and Zoning and a municipal utility system, but those counters answer different questions: one handles the property project, while the other handles services and the account.

Type: City
County: Bradford
Population: 5,963

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 16.5732 mills for Bradford County. Census GEOID: 1268525.

Local front desk

One Starke utility bill can carry five city services.

For construction or land-use work, use Building and Zoning for the permit portal, applications, maps, and floodplain or right-of-way forms. For service or billing, use Utility Services; one account can include electricity, water, sewer, garbage collection, and natural gas. Start with the task, because the utility account is not the permit file.

Local government

Starke building and zoning The city route for the permit portal, building applications, zoning maps and applications, floodplain development, right-of-way work, and current contacts. Starke utility services The city route for electric, water, sewer, garbage, and natural-gas accounts, service changes, payments, notices, and outage contacts.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

Local profile checked August 3, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Starke

Start with the exact address, then use the task to choose the state agency, county office, city department, school district, utility, emergency manager, insurer, lender, or private document that handles the detail.

Address and ZIP

Separate the mailing label from the local boundary

The postal city, ZIP Code, county, municipality, parcel, school district, evacuation zone, and utility area can describe different parts of the same address.

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Property tax

Bradford County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 16.5732 mills, about $1,657 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

Check evacuation zone and local alerts

Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.

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Permits and records

Look up the local file

Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Bradford County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

Update the records that follow the address

Mail forwarding does not update a driver record, vehicle record, voter file, property mail, insurance, utilities, schools, or private accounts.

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Starke

These entries have been reviewed as directly about this place or its local area.

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History and culture

Starke's Call Street keeps Bradford history near U.S. 301

Call Street gives Starke and Bradford County a walkable historic center just off the main highway route.

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Useful local context

Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Starke

These links can help with the next question, but the rule or subject may be statewide, countywide, regional, or only nearby.

Rules and licenses

Bradford County permit checks need the site address

Bradford County building and zoning checks go faster when the permit number or 911 site address is ready.

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History and culture

Camp Blanding keeps Clay County close to World War II

Camp Blanding gives Clay County a major World War II training story, with a museum, memorial grounds, and Florida National Guard roots near Kingsley Lake.

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Around Starke

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Hampton Bradford County - about 6 miles away Lawtey Bradford County - about 7 miles away Raiford Union County - about 11 miles away Waldo Alachua County - about 11 miles away Keystone Heights Clay County - about 12 miles away Brooker Bradford County - about 14 miles away Middleburg Clay County - about 15 miles away Lake Butler Union County - about 15 miles away

Source habit

Start from Starke.

Florida rules can split across a state agency, county office, city counter, district, school, park manager, insurer, lender, or contract. These paths keep the local page connected to the next official-source check.

Home and local tasks

Property, storms, permits, and offices

Use the task that matches the next decision, then confirm the address with the responsible office.

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County context

Open Bradford County

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Place notes

Local and related notes

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Data and page limits

Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked August 3, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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