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Welcome to Sterling Forest ...

Sterling Forest is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sterling Forest, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Sterling Forest: Sterling Frst.

Sterling Forest is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sterling Forest: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Sterling Forest: 10979<4>

Communities Also Named Sterling Forest ...

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

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

Websites for Sterling Forest ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sterling Forest, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Sterling Forest ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sterling Forest ...

Looking for more information about Sterling Forest? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sterling Forest, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sterling Forest.

Adding Sterling Forest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sterling Forest 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 Sterling Forest was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Sterling Forest in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sterling Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Sterling Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Sterling Forest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Sterling Forest). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Sterling Forest or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.