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Sterling
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city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Whiteside
- Total
- 6.16 sq mi (15.96 km )
- Land
- 5.95 sq mi (15.40 km )
- Water
- 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
- Elevation
- 676 ft (206 m)
- Density
- 2,483.2/sq mi (958.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip code s
- 61081, 61082
- Fips code
- 17-72546
- Website
- City of Sterling Web Site
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sterling
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Whiteside County
- Population
- 14764
- Area
- 15.389393
- Elevation
- 206
- Official website
- ci.sterling.il.us
- Image
- Sterling Il Brick road2.jpg
- Households
- 6411
- Dialing code
- 815
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- Commons category
- Sterling, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Sterling, Illinois
- postal code
- 61081
- category for people born here
- Q21085764
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sterling, Illinois
- inception
- 1838-01-01
- P8168
- Gary Roberts
- water as percent of area
- 3.9175
- per capita income
- 28674
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 14,782 at the 2020 census, down from 15,370 in 2010. Formerly nicknamed "Hardware Capital of the World", the city has long been associated with manufacturing and the steel industry.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sterling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.