Sterling, Virginia

About Sterling

Set in the northern part of Virginia, Sterling is a small unincorporated community.

Sterling holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.45 square miles.

📰 Sterling News Today

• 2 people hospitalized after Sterling shooting WJLA · Oct 4
• Man sentenced to 30 years in 2024 Sterling double-murder case WTOP News · Oct 9
• Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes Yahoo · Oct 9
• 20966 Martingale Sq, Sterling, VA 20165 Realtor.com · Oct 8
• Questions to ask before a data center develops in your neighborhood National News Desk · Oct 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Virginia headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Sterling Unique

• One of 11 places in the US named Sterling — but the Virginia one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Sterling

• Buffalo Wing Factory — wings
• Cheeburger Cheeburger — burger
• King Pollo — peruvian
• Pei Wei — asian
• Rahama — african
• Siam Spice — thai
• Suhair’s Kitchen — mediterranean
• Tommy's Place II — pizza
• EL MERCADITO HISPANO II
• El Paso Pupuseria & Mexican Grill — salvadoran

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Sterling

• Cabin Branch Park reviews ★
• Gwen Thompson Briar Patch Park reviews ★
• Sterling Community Center Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Sterling

• Algonkian Elementary
• Forest Grove Elementary
• Guilford Elementary
• Horizon Elementary
• Lowes Island Elementary
• Meadowland Elementary
• Park View High
• Potowmack Elementary
• Rolling Ridge Elementary
• Seneca Ridge Middle
• Sterling Elementary
• Sterling Middle
• Sugarland Elementary
• Sully Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Sterling

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