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Welcome to Sterling ...So far, we found very little information about Sterling. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sterling to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sterling, please Contact Us. Sterling would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>. The location of Sterling has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sterling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859. When the people of Sterling referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Sterlingite<4> While the community is gone, the present day location for Sterling is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Sterling was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: While Sterling is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Sterling would have been located in the (256) & (938)<6> area codes. Communities Also Named Sterling ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Sterling - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sterling. Communities near Sterling ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sterling.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sterling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sterling. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sterling. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sterling. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sterling. See our Newspapers Page for Sterling. Adding Sterling to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sterling in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sterling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Sterling in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sterling. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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