Editing Starke County, Indiana (section)

==Geography==
Starke County consists of low, rolling hills covered with vegetation or brush.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Starke+County,+IN/@41.3023504,-86.8383035,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x881164811f0c3223:0x6912956d702e8c8a!8m2!3d41.2715616!4d-86.6207943 Starke County IN (Google Maps - accessed 20 January 2020)]</ref> Its boundaries include three prominences that rise to {{convert|780|ft|m|abbr=on}} above sea level - two adjacent swells {{convert|0.6|mi|km}} northeast of Bass Lake, and a small ridge {{convert|3.0|mi|km}} east-southeast of Bass Lake.<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/map/BigMap.aspx?cy=41.204019&cx=-86.518179&z=13&l=L_CT|L_FS|L_MT|L_AG|L_OS&hj=0&t=P&d=23011&c=0&a=1&sx=-999&sy=-999&cyn=0 Starke County High Point, Indiana (PeakBagger.com, accessed 20 January 2020)]</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Starke County has a total area of {{convert|312.21|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|3.07|sqmi}} (or 0.98%) are covered by water.<ref name=DC/> The northwestern boundary of Starke County is defined by the [[Kankakee River]]; the [[Yellow River (Indiana)|Yellow River]], a tributary of the Kankakee, flows through the central part of the county, past Knox.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer|year=1998|publisher=[[DeLorme]]|location=Yarmouth ME|isbn=0-89933-211-0|pages=19–20, 25–26}}</ref>

From 2014 until 2024, the city of Knox was the geographic center of the Big Ten Conference, according to a 2018 article in fivethirtyeight.com that referred to locations of various NCAA Men's Basketball Conference championships.<ref>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-ridiculousness-of-conference-tournament-locations-in-6-maps/</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 30.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 30 in Indiana|U.S. Route 30]]
* [[File:US 35.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 35 in Indiana|U.S. Route 35]]
* [[File:US 421.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 421 in Indiana|U.S. Route 421]]
* [[File:Indiana 8.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 8|State Road 8]]
* [[File:Indiana 10.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 10|State Road 10]]
* [[File:Indiana 23.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 23|State Road 23]]
* [[File:Indiana 39.svg|20px]] [[Indiana State Road 39|State Road 39]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[LaPorte County, Indiana|LaPorte County]] - north
* [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph County]] - northeast
* [[Marshall County, Indiana|Marshall County]] - east
* [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton County]] - southeast
* [[Pulaski County, Indiana|Pulaski County]] - south
* [[Jasper County, Indiana|Jasper County]] - west
* [[Porter County, Indiana|Porter County]] - northwest
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