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Mount Sterling, IA

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Population
36
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Elevation
674 ft

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OverallBest places in IowaPopulation rankingHighest population places in IowaNearest larger communityOld Jamestown, Missouri151 miles away · 20,651 residents.

About Mount Sterling

Mount Sterling is a Van Buren County CDP on high ground overlooking the Fox River. Horace and George Wood laid out the village shortly before 1840, built a sawmill and corn-cracker, and helped create early names including Wood's Mills and Dogtown. The county's historical account places a grade school, old frame church, and a few stores along the hilltop settlement. Mount Sterling's present map still joins mill history, river valley, and a compact village center.

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Lower County Wildfire Hazard Potential ClassA+100.0ratingLower Projected Late-Century County-Area Exposure to Sea-Level RiseA+100.0ratingLow PopulationA+100.0rating

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