Back سترلينغ (كولورادو) Arabic سترلينج ARZ ایسترلینق، کولورادو AZB Стърлинг (Колорадо) Bulgarian Sterling (Colorado) Catalan Стерлинг (Колорадо) CE Sterling (kapital sa kondado) CEB Sterling (Colorado) Czech Sterling, Colorado Welsh Sterling (Colorado) German
Sterling, Colorado | |
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 Main Street in Sterling. | |
| Nickname: A Colorado Treasure | |
 Location of the City of Sterling in Logan County, Colorado. | |
  Sterling Location of the City of Sterling in the United States. | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′32″N 103°12′42″W / 40.62556°N 103.21167°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Logan County[2] |
| City | Sterling[1] |
| Settled | 1868 |
| Platted | 1890 |
| Incorporated | December 3, 1884[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
| • Mayor | Matt Foos |
| • City Manager | Kevin L. Blankenship |
| • Police Chief | Tyson Kerr |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.43 sq mi (19.25 km2) |
| • Land | 7.43 sq mi (19.25 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0.0% |
| Elevation | 3,937 ft (1,181 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,735 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (710/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[6] | 80751 |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-73935 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0202901 |
| Website | City of Sterling |
Sterling is a home rule municipality and the county seat and most populous municipality of Logan County, Colorado, United States.[7] Sterling is the principal city of the Sterling, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city population was 13,735 at the 2020 census.[5]
Sterling is the largest city in the Eastern Plains region of Colorado and the site of the domed Logan County Courthouse, built in 1909.
- ^ a b c "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Sterling city; Colorado". Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.