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Sterling Forest ZIP code, New York

The ZIP code for Sterling Forest, NY is 10979, and its area codes are 845 and 329.

USPS city name
1 ZIP code
Population
222
Area codes
845, 329

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Sterling Forest itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Greenwood Lake (1.6 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Sterling Forest in numbers

About 222 people live in Sterling Forest, in 77 households.

Population222Sterling Forest222
Households77Sterling Forest77

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the ZIP code addressed as Sterling Forest. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes addressed as Sterling Forest

ZIP codes with the USPS city name Sterling Forest
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
10979 Sterling Forest , NY Standard 222 — —

Map of Sterling Forest ZIP codes

10979

The ZIP codes of Sterling Forest, NY, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Sterling Forest

The nearest larger towns are Hewitt, NJ (2,417 people, 0.5 mi), Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ (3,319 people, 3.1 mi) and Greenwood Lake (3,020 people, 3.1 mi).

Towns near Sterling Forest
TownPopulationDistance
Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ 3,319 3.1 mi
Greenwood Lake 3,020 3.1 mi
Warwick 6,585 5.4 mi
Ringwood, NJ 11,657 6.0 mi
Sloatsburg 3,038 6.8 mi
Highland Lakes, NJ 3,852 7.6 mi
Wanaque, NJ 11,206 9.8 mi
Bloomingdale, NJ 7,716 10.2 mi
Walton Park 3,915 10.3 mi
Florida 2,893 10.4 mi
Suffern 11,441 10.4 mi
Oakland, NJ 12,768 11.2 mi
Montebello 4,673 11.4 mi
Monroe 9,515 11.6 mi

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