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Sterling County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

1historic places

—earliest paper

1891formed

1,372pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2020. Most listings are in or near Sterling City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Sterling titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Sterling City Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Passenger Depot	Sterling City	Building	2020

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sterling was formed in 1891 (1891-03-04) from Tom Green.

STERLING created from TOM GREEN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sterling County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,127	1,053	1,404	1,282	1,177	1,206	1,393	1,372

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Edwards Ranch Cemetery	31.7139	-101.23619
Foster Cemetery	31.764	-101.01513
Iolanthe Cemetery	32.04585	-101.02099
Montvale Cemetery	31.8103	-100.94073
Sterling City Cemetery	31.825	-100.98529

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Iolanthe	32.04874	-101.02289

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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