Editing Sterling, Connecticut (section)

==History==
The town was named after John Sterling, an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoEyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA334|year=1903|publisher=Connecticut Magazine Company|page=334}}</ref> Sterling was incorporated in 1794 following approval of the state Assembly and was carved from northern part of the Town of [[Voluntown]]. Le [[Comte de Rochambeau]], Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, marched through and camped in the town during the [[American Revolutionary War]] on his way from landing at [[Narragansett Bay]] to join [[George Washington]]'s forces on the [[Hudson River]] in 1781. A cotton mill was first established in Sterling in 1800.<ref>Town of Sterling, the Sterling Historical Society, & the Connecticut Historical Commission. (1980) ''Sterling Historical Marker'' [Inscription]. Sterling, Connecticut.</ref>

[[Charles Dow]], of Dow Jones fame, was born in this community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Henry Dow {{!}} Founder of Wall Street Journal, Dow Theory, Market Analysis {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Henry-Dow |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>