Sterling County, Texas

Founding: 1891
Parent county: Tom Green
Namesake: W.S. Sterling, local rancher
Seat: Sterling City (1891–)
Land area: 923 square miles
Population (2020): 1,372
Population (historic): 1,127 (1900); 1,493 (1910); 1,053 (1920); 1,431 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1910; 1920s; 1970–1990; 2010s
Subdivisions: One city
National Register listings: 0
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 52 (9.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,344
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,029

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 131
Average farm size (1920): 65.7 acres
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Sterling City

 
Namesake: W.S. Sterling, local rancher
Founding: 1891 (platting); 1891 (post office); 1955 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,121
Periods of population growth: pre-1960; 1970–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 34 (7.8%)

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