Map of Sturgis city, Kentucky

Sturgis is a home rule-class city in Union County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,898 at the 2010 census. Located in northwest Kentucky, the city was founded in 1890 and named for Samuel Sturgis, who owned the land now occupied by the city.

Sturgis city overview:
Name:	Sturgis city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Kentucky
County:	Union County
Elevation:	371 ft (113 m)
Total Area:	1.57 sq mi (4.07 km²)
Land Area:	1.57 sq mi (4.06 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	1,735
Population Density:	1,107.92/sq mi (427.65/km²)
ZIP code:	42459
Area code:	270
FIPS code:	2174316
GNISfeature ID:	0504617

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History

The area surrounding what would become Sturgis was first settled by American Revolutionary War officers, mostly from Virginia, who had received bounty land for their service. The History of Union County, published in 1886 by The Courier Co., says, “The county had its aristocrats but the [Civil] War had a decidedly leveling tendency yet, there is a tolerably well defined line still marking the society of the county into different sets.”

Sturgis was founded the same year as a company town by the Cumberland Land and Iron Company within its coal-mining development. The name derives from either Samuel P. Sturgis, who originally owned the townsite, or for Alida Livingston Sturgis (Samuel’s sister), who was married to the president and general manager of the Ohio Valley Railroad Company. The community incorporated as a town on May 3, 1890, with population of 327. The town was reclassified as a city in the 1920s.