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Hezekiah Brink founded the city of Sterling in June 1834 as the Settlement of Harrisburg, which joined with its neighbor Chatham to become the Town of Sterling in 1839. Sterling was incorporated as a city on February 16, 1857.
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Sterling, Illinois · United States
