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Sterling is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States, along the Rock River. The population was 14,782 at the 2020 census , down from 15,370 in 2010. Formerly nicknamed "Hardware Capital of the World", the city has long been associated with manufacturing and the steel industry.
The McCune Mound and Village Site is a prehistoric archaeological site located in Whiteside County, Illinois near the city of Sterling.The site consists of a single mound, 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and 23 metres (75 ft) in diameter, and five depressions that may have been housing sites.
By 1968, NWSW had installed a massive 250-ton furnace, but it was during the 1970s that the scale of the furnaces at the Sterling plant became truly enormous. This capacity allowed NWSW to achieve the ranking of "15th or 16th largest United States steel concern, depending on whether it is ranked by tonnage output or dollar volume."
The Paul W. Dillon Home, often referred to as the Dillon Home, is located in Sterling, Illinois. It was home to businessman P.W. Dillon, who was the president of Northwestern Steel & Wire Company for many of its most successful years. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1980.
In 2007, the Midway Drive-In was purchased by Mike and Mia Kerz (who are also the founders of the Flashback Weekend Movie Conventions in Rosemont, Illinois). [1] The facility then underwent a two-year renovation.
The Sterling Scientific Club, in existence as early as the 1870s, made one of their goals the investigation of the burial mounds near the Rock River. [ 3 ] W. C. Holbrook investigated the mounds in 1877 and published a lengthy written account in History of Whiteside County, Illinois , published 1877. [ 3 ]
Sterling Township is located in Whiteside County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,035 and it contained 8,003 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,035 and it contained 8,003 housing units.
Northland Mall is a 302,680-square-foot (28,120 m 2) shopping mall in Sterling, Illinois. First opened in 1973, it features 14 stores, Dunham's Sports, Planet Fitness and two former anchor stores which were JCPenney and Bergner's.