Sterling, Colorado Sterling, Colorado Location in Logan County and Colorado Location in Logan County and Colorado State Colorado Website City of Sterling Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded city of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 18,211 at the 2010 census. Sterling is positioned at 40 37 32 N 103 12 42 W (40.625430, -103.211783). It is 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Denver, and is positioned on Interstate 76, on the 'eastern plains' of northeastern Colorado.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.9 square miles (18 km2), all of it land.
Sterling's Main Street in the 1920s, looking northwest from the barns tracks.
A postal service called Sterling has been in operation since 1874. The improve was titled for Sterling, Illinois, the native home of a barns official. Sterling is the biggest city in Northeastern Colorado and the governmental center of county of Logan County and the site of the domed Logan County courthouse, assembled in 1909.
Sterling is the home of Northeastern Junior College, a residentiary two year liberal arts college in Colorado.
Sterling is also the locale of the award-winning[which?][when?] RE-1 Valley School District, whose academics, music programs, and athletics programs are persistently among the most highly rated in the state of Colorado. Major employers in Sterling include Northeastern Junior College, the RE-1 Valley School system, Sykes Enterprises, a computer software customer services company, and the Sterling Correctional Facility.
Sterling is the primary shopping core for most of northeastern Colorado and hosts stores like Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, and J.
Six different banks have chapters in Sterling and there are small-town AM and FM airways broadcasts as well as a small-town tv station, and a long established county-wide newspaper, the Sterling Journal-Advocate and South Platte Sentinel .
Sterling is a county-wide center for community care as well, and is the home of the Sterling Regional Medical Center.
The Colorado Department of Corrections operates the Sterling Correctional Facility in Sterling. Just a several miles northeast of Sterling is positioned the North Sterling State Park, situated on the North Sterling Reservoir, a man-made lake fed by waters from the South Platte River.
Pheasant, duck, and deer hunting are excellent in the high plains and South Platte River Valley encircling Sterling.
Sterling is the home of two beautiful golf courses, Riverview Golf Course and the Northeastern Eighteen (the former Sterling Country Club - now owned by Northeastern Junior College), each offering excellent 18-hole courses.
The Overland Trail Museum, positioned east of Sterling near Interstate 76, homes an eclectic mix of historical items in the chief building, which resembles an early fort, as well as a restored small-town one-room schoolhouse and other restored historical buildings.
Each summer, Sterling hosts the annual Logan County Fair, a typical old-time county fair complete with 4-H animal shows, baked goods competitions, a carnival, music shows, demolition derby, and a rodeo as well as the annual Sugar Beet Days harvest festival in the fall.
Climate data for Sterling, Colorado (1981 2010) Crosson Field Municipal Airport serves Sterling, but there are no scheduled flights available from there.
Sterling is also served by barns s, although only freight carriers serve the town.
The chief rail operator is Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), but other operators, like Union Pacific, serve Sterling as well.
Morgan and Denver in Colorado, as well as number of metros/cities in Nebraska including North Platte, Kearney, and Omaha.
I-76.svg Interstate 76 joins Sterling to Denver (128 miles (206 km) southwest) and northeast to Interstate 80, in Big Springs, Nebraska, along the South Platte River.
Business Loop 76.svg Business Loop 76 starts on the intersection of Interstate 76 and US 6, going through East Chestnut Street, North and South 4th Street, South Division Avenue, returning to US 6, connecting Sterling to Atwood and Merino.
US 6.svg US 6 runs east-west linking Provincetown, Massachusetts with Bishop, California, via Nevada, Colorado, Illinois and 8 other states.
US 138.svg US 138 Runs alongside to Interstate 76, connecting Sterling to US 30, north of Big Springs, Nebraska.
Colorado 14.svg State Highway 14 joins Sterling to Fort Collins positioned 102 miles (164 km) to the west.
Picture from the famous "Blizzard of '49" near Sterling, Colorado.
State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Logan County, Colorado Sterling, CO Micropolitan Travel Destination a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado County Seats".
State of Colorado, Department of Public Health and Environment.
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Annual Estimates of the Population for All Incorporated Places in Colorado" (CSV).
"SCF - Sterling Correctional Facility." "Facility Location: 12101 Hwy 61 Sterling, CO, 80751" Climate Summary for Sterling, Colorado "Average Weather for Sterling, Colorado - Precipitation and Temperatures".
City of Sterling website CDOT map of the City of Sterling Sterling Journal-Advocate (local journal website) Willa Cather short story "The Affair at Grover Station" about Sterling, Colorado Economic Opportunities in Sterling, Colorado Municipalities and communities of Logan County, Colorado, United States State of Colorado
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