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History · Sterling Township

Sterling Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Sterling Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2011. Its Register listings are the Sterling Methodist Church and the Joseph Baker House.

1880first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Sterling Township began

When was Sterling Township founded?

1880

The Sterling Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Sterling (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 414146 years
Founding year: the first Sterling Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Sterling Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Joseph Baker House
Sterling Methodist ChurchJoseph Baker House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Nave Plan Church1
Sterling Methodist ChurchNave Plan Church
All 2 listings
Joseph Baker HouseBuilding · listed 1986

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Sterling, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
North Grove Addition
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Sterling Township
Deer CreekSterling LutheranSterling Methodist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Bruce1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrookings Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAfton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOakwood Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEureka Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sterling Township’s history

What year was Sterling Township founded?

The Sterling Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Sterling Township?

Two places: the Sterling Methodist Church (listed 1989) and the Joseph Baker House (1986).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.