Thursday, March 5, 2026

Question: Sterling, Colorado, is named after a city in what Midwestern state?

Answer: In 1873, David Leavitt, a railroad surveyor from Sterling, Illinois, joined a group of homesteads in northeastern Colorado and named the settlement after his distant hometown. Today, Sterling is the most populous city in eastern Colorado, making it a commercial hub for northeast Colorado, the Nebraska Panhandle, and southeast Wyoming.