1,135
89%
$52,083
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America/Chicago
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Sterling City, TX - History
We would like to provide the residents of Sterling City a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Sterling City Home page. The Sterling City Home page provides as much information as possible on Sterling City. Knowing Sterling City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Sterling City’s Home page, you will also find Sterling City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Sterling City has a population of 1135. 53.1% of Sterling City’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.9 are female. 60.4% of Sterling City is married and 89% own their own home. The Average Home price is $54,651, and the average rent is $773. Household median income in Sterling City is $52,083, and the individual median income is $27,807. Sterling City’s Ethnic is the following: White(83.3%), Hispanic(40.3%), Multiple(9.7%), Other(7%).
Sterling City was named for W.S. Sterling, a buffalo hunter and Indian fighter. Land for the new town was donated in January 1891 by R.C. Stewart, and was platted by H.B. Tarver in February. That same year, it was designated the seat of Sterling County. The town soon grew to 300 residents and had its own newspaper, a hotel, a post office, several other businesses, a school, and three churches.Sterling City was a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad by 1910, but the service was eventually abandoned.
The depot still exists as a tourist site.During World War Two, Sterling City's population decreased by 10%. When it was incorporated in August, 1955, Sterling City had a population of some 800 and had added three more churches, a hospital, a bank, and a library. On May 25, 1955, 15 United States Air Force personnel, flying in a B-36 bomber under the callsign Abbot 27, perished in a crash near Sterling City.
The airmen were members of the 40th Bomb Squadron of the 6th Bombardment Wing at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, New Mexico. A monument in their honor was erected in 2007 at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo.
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