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Welcome to East Sterling ...

East Sterling is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Sterling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1833.

A typical abbreviation for East Sterling: E. Sterling

East Sterling is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Sterling: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near East Sterling ...

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

  • Scranton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Dunmore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Carbondale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Archbald
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blakely
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Moosic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <4>
  • Dickson City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Olyphant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jessup
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jessup is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jessup <4>
  • Honesdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Sterling ...

Looking for more information about East 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 East Sterling, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Sterling.

Adding East Sterling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 (so far) for East Sterling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Sterling post office opened in 1833. The East Sterling post office closed in 1862.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Sterling - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the East Sterling area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the East Sterling area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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