Sterling is an unincorporated community in Skagit County, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1]
The Mesekwegwils ( Lushootseed: bəsikʷigʷilc) [2] (sometimes transliterated as Mee-see-qua-guilch or buh-see-kwee-GWEELTS), a band of the Skagit people, built a large winter longhouse at what is now Sterling. [3] The Lushootseed name for Sterling, as well as the prior village site, is sxʷiʔxʷičəb. [2]
Sterling was laid out in 1878. [4] A post office called Sterling was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1890. [5] Sterling was the site of the first school in the Sedro-Woolley area; residents in the late nineteenth century would travel to Sedro-Woolley by canoe. [6]
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