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Sterling County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- W. S. Sterling, an early settler
- Seat
- Sterling City
- Largest city
- Sterling City
- Total
- 924 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Water
- 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.01%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,349
- Density
- 1.49/sq mi (0.574/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .co .sterling .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1372
- Area
- 2392
- Official website
- www.co.sterling.tx.us
- Image
- Sterling County Texas Courthouse 2016.jpg
- Households
- 405
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- water as percent of area
- 0.01
- native label
- Sterling County
- Commons category
- Sterling County, Texas
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- per capita income
- 27551
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Sterling County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,372, making it the ninth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Sterling City. The county is named for W. S. Sterling, an early settler in the area. Sterling County was one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas, but is now a moist county.
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