Sterling, West Virginia
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Census Data for Sterling ...

So far, we have 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.

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:

Community	2017 ^<2> Population	Direction	Distance ^<3>
Charleston	47,929	N	16 miles [25.7 km]
South Charleston	12,493	N	16 miles [25.7 km]
Oak Hill	8,338	E	28 miles [45.1 km]
Dunbar	7,338	N	17 miles [27.4 km]
Nitro	6,561	NW	22 miles [35.4 km]
Hurricane	6,542	NW	29 miles [46.7 km]

Boone County ...

Sterling is located in Boone County.

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

Population Rings for Sterling ...

To help identify the number of people who live in Sterling and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Sterling. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<4> We don't have the population of Sterling, so its people haven't been included.

Radius	No of Communities	2017 Population	Change Since 2010
10 mi [16 km]	7	7,600	-7.81%
15 mi [24 km]	12	11,330	-7.29%
20 mi [32 km]	19	81,818	-6.9%
25 mi [40 km]	26	91,888	-7.01%
30 mi [48 km]	37	119,514	-5.39%

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 referenced one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Boone 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: 1741808

GNIS ID for Boone County: 1550009

GNIS ID for West Virginia: 1779805

Misc. Census Codes ...

Sterling would have been located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

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

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Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/

The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sterling, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance beginning in Sterling. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sterling) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sterling. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1176, Longitude: -81.6571 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Sterling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<4>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2010 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation