Sterling, Virginia occurs as Washington, D.C. suburb, northwest of Herndon and Reston, Virginia, close to Dulles International Airport.

A suburban area originally began as an agricultural area until about a mid-1960s, when a construction of Dulles International Airport was completed.

Communities
Potomac Lessens is a part of Sterling inside the zip code of 20165. Potomac Lessens is processed higher of the communities of Cascades, Countryside, & Lowes Isl&, and is page to the Panthers of Potomac Lessens High School

Sterling Park is a part of Sterling in the zip code of 20164. Sterling Park, completed inside a Sixties was a initial, & until a retiring decade, the lone major development in eastern Loudoun County. Sterling Park is a at home of the Nationalist of Park Look at High School, which produced NFL Players Alan Pinkett & Jeff Lageman besides when the previous Duke basketball star Billy King.