Star is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 806 at the 2020 census,
Geography
Star is listed as the geographic center of North Carolina, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. A plaque marking the exact center was placed at (35.399756, -79.766613). The plaque is on private land and not open to visitors. However, conflicting reports show the geographic center actually being in Chatham County, northwest of Sanford.
Star is in northeastern Montgomery County, north of Biscoe and south of Seagrove. Troy, the Montgomery county seat, is to the southwest, by road. U.S. Route 220 Alternate passes through Star as its Main Street.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Star racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 490
| 60.79%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 71
| 8.81%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 3
| 0.37%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 16
| 1.99%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 226
| 28.04%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 806 people, 262 households, and 147 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census