Sterling
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Logan County
- City
- Sterling
- Incorporated
- December 3, 1884
- Type
- Home rule municipality
- Mayor
- Matt Foos
- City manager
- Kevin L. Blankenship
- Police chief
- Tyson Kerr
- Total
- 7.43 sq mi (19.25 km )
- Land
- 7.43 sq mi (19.25 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0.0%
- Elevation
- 3,875 ft (1,181 m)
- Density
- 1,848/sq mi (713.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 08-73935
- Gnis feature id
- 0202901
via Wikipedia infobox
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Sterling is a home rule municipality and the county seat and most populous municipality of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 13,735 at the 2020 census. Sterling is the largest city in the Eastern Plains region of Colorado and the site of the domed Logan County Courthouse, built in 1909. The city is also home to Northeastern Junior College, enrolling over 1,500 students annually.
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