Sterling
Sterling is in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 26 miles west of Washington, D.C.. The population is approximately 41,000 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 30,300 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
- Also known as: “Guilford”, “Guilford Station”, “Loudoun”, “Old Sterling”, “Sterling, VA”, “Sterling, Virginia”, and “Whaleys Store”
- Postal codes: 20163-20167
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herndon Depot Museum and Dulles Town Center.
Herndon Depot Museum
Museum
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The Herndon Depot Museum, also known as the Herndon Historical Society Museum, is located in the town of Herndon in Fairfax County, Virginia. Built in 1857 for the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad, the depot later served the Richmond and Danville Railroad, the Southern Railway and the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad. Herndon Depot Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sterling.
Dulles Town Center
Shopping center
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Dulles Town Center is a two-level enclosed shopping mall in Sterling in Loudoun County, Virginia. It is located five miles north of Washington Dulles International Airport. Dulles Town Center is situated 2½ miles northwest of Sterling.
Cascades Library
Library
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Cascades Library is situated 2 miles north of Sterling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herndon and Reston.
Herndon
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Herndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia, it is part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2020, the population at the census was 24,655, which makes it the largest of three incorporated towns in the county.
Reston
Reston is in Virginia, United States of America) and is 20 miles west of Washington, D.C. The population of Reston is approximately 58,000 people.
Dranesville
Village
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Dranesville is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Dranesville is located on the Leesburg Pike at its intersection with Georgetown Pike.
Sterling
Latitude
39.0017° or 39° 0′ 6″ northLongitude
-77.4033° or 77° 24′ 12″ westPopulation
30,300Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)United Nations Location Code
US SGVOpen location code
87F42H2W+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 158472784OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sterling” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ستيرلينغ”
- Bulgarian: “Стърлинг”
- Cebuano: “Sterling”
- Chechen: “Стерлинг”
- Chinese: “士他令”
- Chinese: “斯特林”
- Chinese: “斯特灵”
- Chinese: “斯特靈 (維吉尼亞)”
- Chinese: “斯特靈”
- Danish: “Sterling”
- Dutch: “Sterling”
- French: “Sterling”
- German: “Potomac Falls”
- German: “Sterling, VA”
- German: “Sterling”
- Gilaki: “استرلینگ (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “استرلینگ”
- Hebrew: “סטרלינג”
- Irish: “Sterling”
- Italian: “Sterling”
- Japanese: “スターリング (ヴァージニア州)”
- Japanese: “スターリング (バージニア州)”
- Japanese: “スターリング”
- Ladin: “Sterling”
- Malagasy: “Sterling, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Sterling”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sterling”
- Persian: “استرلینگ، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “استرلینگ”
- Polish: “Sterling”
- Portuguese: “Sterling”
- Russian: “Стерлинг”
- Serbian: “Стерлинг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sterling, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sterling”
- South Azerbaijani: “استرلینق، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Sterling (Virginia)”
- Spanish: “Sterling”
- Swedish: “Sterling”
- Tatar: “Стерлинг”
- Ukrainian: “Стерлінг”
- Volapük: “Sterling”
- Welsh: “Sterling, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Sterling”
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