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Sterling, West Virginia
(Wetzel County)

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Welcome to Sterling ...

Although we found mention of Sterling during our research, we have little information about it.^<1> Given the context of how Sterling was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it's a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists.

While we are confident that Sterling was located in Wetzel County, we don't know its actual location within the county.

We've added Sterling to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sterling - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sterling, please Contact Us.

When the people of Sterling refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Sterlingite^<2>

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Sterling might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Sterling would be found within the (304) & (681)^<3> area codes.

Communities Also Named Sterling ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two West Virginia communities named Sterling: This one is located in Wetzel County and the other is located in Boone County.

Beyond West Virginia, there are 41 communities that are also named Sterling - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Search for Local Businesses ...

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Sterling and then turned east". While Sterling could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sterling as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Sterling could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. - Return to Citation
<2>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Sterling refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Sterling may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. - Return to Citation
<3>	Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304). For more about area code overlays, please see our Glossary for Sterling. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Sterling.

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This page was last modified: 16 Jul 2018

By John Hall

Sterling, West Virginia (Wetzel County)