Sterling is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Glynn County, Georgia Glynn County is located in the Southeast Georgia, southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 84,499. The county seat is Brunswick, Georgia, Brunswic ...

, United States, located on

U.S. Route 341 U.S. Route 341 (US 341) is a U.S. highway entirely in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels northwest-southeast across southern Georgia (but is signed as north–south) from Brunswick at US 17/ SR 25 to Barnesville at ...

. Sterling consists of several small churches and general stores. It is included in the

Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-larges ...

statistical area. The 2020 census listed a population of 2,534. Sterling formerly had a station on the

Macon and Brunswick Railroad The Macon and Brunswick Railroad ran from Macon, Georgia to Brunswick, Georgia. Its construction was interrupted by the American Civil War, and initially only ran from Macon to Cochran, Georgia. The gauge line was completed and extended to the ...

Demographics

Sterling was first listed as a

census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in the 2020 U.S. Census.

Education

Glynn County's public schools are operated by

Glynn County School System The Glynn County School District is a public school district in Glynn County, Georgia, Glynn County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, based in Brunswick, Georgia, Brunswick. It serves the communities of Brunswick, Country Club Est ...

. - Compare to the school district boundary maps. Zoned schools include: * Sterling Elementary School (SES) * Jane Macon Middle School (JMS) * Brunswick High School (BHS)

References

{{Glynn County, Georgia Populated places in Glynn County, Georgia Census-designated places in Glynn County, Georgia