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Ultimately, Mount Sterling won the 1987 competition and the state constructed the Western Illinois Correctional Center along State Highway 99 a mile south of town. In 1989 immediately prior to opening, the prison hosted a "Spend a night in prison" event for state and local dignitaries and prominent business-owners, an event that ultimately ...
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Mount Sterling have ranged from a low of 15 °F (−9 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 113 °F (45 °C) was recorded in July 1936.
The plan to reorganize the educational districts of Brown County included the construction of new K-8 schools in Mount Sterling, as well as the surrounding villages of Versailles and Ripley and the unincorporated areas of Cooperstown, Timewell, and Hersman. Slowly, the one-room school houses that originally housed the students of the county ...
Mount Sterling Township is one of nine townships in Brown County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,297 and it contained 1,268 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,297 and it contained 1,268 housing units.
Brown County High School, or BCHS, is a public four-year high school located at 500 East Main Street in Mount Sterling, Illinois, a small city in Brown County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. BCHS serves the communities of Mount Sterling, Ripley, Timewell, and Versailles.
Covarrubias Adobe, the Los Rancheros Visitadores clubhouse. Los Rancheros Visitadores or the "Visiting Ranchers" is a social club in the United States. [1] The group meets on ranch land in Santa Barbara and embarks northward on a 60-mile (97 km) journey across the countryside after receiving a blessing at the Santa Ynez Mission. [2]
The law designated Mount Sterling as the temporary county seat until a permanent seat should be chosen. [ 2 ] : 114 Because that town's residents pledged more than $5,000 to construct public buildings (at a time when a county official might be paid $3 for a day's work), and because the town was conveniently located, Brown County officials chose ...
After a junction with Illinois Route 104 north of Perry, Illinois 107 enters Brown County and heads north toward Mt. Sterling. The road terminates at a junction with Illinois 99 in southern Mt. Sterling. Illinois 107 is a rural two-lane surface road for its entire length.