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Welcome to West Sterling ...

West Sterling is located in Worcester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Sterling, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for West Sterling: W. Sterling

West Sterling is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Sterling lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named West Sterling ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Sterling - it's located in Illinois.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Sterling.

Communities near West Sterling ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Sterling.

  • Worcester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Leominster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fitchburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Marlborough
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shrewsbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Acton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
    • Acton is located in Middlesex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people
  • Gardner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hudson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Hudson is located in Middlesex County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
  • Holden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Grafton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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 West Sterling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Sterling.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West 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 West Sterling.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Sterling. See our Newspapers Page for West Sterling.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Sterling ...

Looking for more information about West Sterling? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Sterling, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Sterling.

Adding West Sterling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Sterling in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Sterling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the West Sterling post office opened in 1850.

We also found West Sterling in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Sterling.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Worcester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Sterling - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/