Local Wiki
Starke County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 15, 2026- Board of Commissioners meets
- Commissioners: first Monday of each month at 5:00 PM CST, third Monday at 9:30 AM CST. Council: third Monday of each month at 4:30 PM CST.
- Meeting location
- Starke County Government Annex Meeting Room, 53 East Mound Street, Knox, IN 46534.
- County Auditor
- Rachel Oesterreich · 53 E. Mound St., Knox, IN 46534 · 574-772-9101 · Roesterreich@starke.in.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://starke.in.gov/
- Board of Commissioners & County Council
- Board of Commissioners, 3 members: President Michael VanDeMark, Vice-President Charles Chesak, Donald Binkley. County Council, 7 members: President Dave Pearman, Vice-President Todd Leinbach, Bruce Bennett, Howard Bailey, Bill R. Crase, Jr., Kay Gudeman, Cassandra Hine.
Sources
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Knox Community School Corp · School District
- North Judson-San Pierre Sch Corp · School District
- Oregon-Davis School Corp · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Hamlet · Town
- Knox (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- North Judson (official website, opens in a new tab) · Town
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026