Census Data for Sterling

As far as we can tell, Sterling has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Sterling, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Ennis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ennis is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
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• Virginia City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Virginia City is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
  • Former names for Virginia City:
  • Varina
  • Verina
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <1>
• Sheridan
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Sheridan is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan <1>
• Three Forks
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Three Forks is located in Gallatin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Three Forks <1>
• Whitehall
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitehall is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <1>
• Twin Bridges
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Twin Bridges is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Bridges <1>
• Manhattan
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Manhattan is located in Gallatin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manhattan <1>

Madison County ...

Sterling is located in Madison County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Madison County.

Miscellaneous Information for Sterling ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Madison County or the community of Sterling:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sterling:
  • GNIS ID for Sterling: 777200
  • GNIS ID for Madison County: 1720033
  • GNIS ID for State of Montana: 767982

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 30 (Montana)
  • County Code: 057 (Madison County)
  • Place Code: 71160 (Sterling)
  • State & County Code: 30/057 (Montana / Madison County)
  • State & Place Code: 30/71160 (Montana / Sterling)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Sterling is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Sterling.