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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.
Whiteside County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 55,691. [1] Its county seat is Morrison. [2] The county is bounded on the west by the Mississippi River.
River Forest Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 11,717 at the 2020 census. [2] River Forest Township is coterminous with the Village of River Forest. It is one of four coterminous townships in Cook County and one of seventeen coterminous townships statewide. [3]
English: River Forth at Riverside, Stirling Looking from the Stirling Rowing Club towards the railway bridge. Red Grouse, Ratho Princess, and a Rinker 250 in the foreground (L to R). Red Grouse, Ratho Princess, and a Rinker 250 in the foreground (L to R).
The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, 47 km (29 mi) long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. [1] The Gaelic name for the upper reach of the river, above Stirling, is Abhainn Dubh, meaning "black river".
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.
Stirling Old Bridge is a stone bridge which crosses the River Forth. For over 300 years it provided the lowest crossing point of the Forth and so had strategic importance. For over 300 years it provided the lowest crossing point of the Forth and so had strategic importance.
In 1130, Stirling, one of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, was created a royal burgh by King David I.. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth, at the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of ...