Home Contact Us COVID-19 – TOWN HALL INFORMATION STERLING, CT Town Web Site DEPARTMENTS BOARDS & COMMISSIONS BOARD OF EDUCATION ABOUT STERLING About Sterling Originally part of Voluntown, this northern section separated and obtained town privileges from the CT. Assembly May 1794. Sterling was given its name in honor of a resident, Dr. John Sterling. He promised the town a Library in return for this honor. The Dr. did not follow through on his commitment, but the town eventually obtained a library by soliciting private donations. The first town meeting was held June 9, 1794, at the Dixon home on Sterling Hill. The first post office was established as Sterling on Oct. 1, 1809. The American Manufacturing Company, also known as Potter’s factory, was the first cotton mill in Sterling, c. 1800. It was situated on the Quandock River. The Sterling Manufacturing Company located in Sterling c. 1808, and was located on the Moosup River. Local Industrialist William Pike pioneered in using chlorine as a bleaching agent for cloth and also established for the use of the dyer distilleries or sap works that would extract the first pyroligneous acid made in this country. His son James discovered a process of coloring with a fast black that was superior to any then in use. With the advent of the first railroad in 1854, which connected Providence with Hartford, distribution of materials became much easier and contributed to the economic base of Sterling. Oneco, a village within the town of Sterling, was named after Owaneco, son of the Mohegan Indian sachem Uncas, who claimed ownership of large tracts of eastern CT. land in the early colonial days. About 1820 Henry Sabin built a cotton mill in Sterling. In the 1850’s quarrying began in Sterling, and is still an active industry today. Image Gallery QUICK LINKS Agendas & Minutes Geographic Information System (GIS) Online Property Records Pay Your Taxes Online Pistol Permit Preenrollment Recreation Activities Calendar Town Clerk’s Land Records Town Forms Voluntown-Sterling Transfer Station BIDS, PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES Click image to view and download legal and public notices and Town bids. CT ALERT ENS Keep informed and sign up to get alerts where ever you are. ENTER SEARCH WORDS AND HIT ENTER DOWNLOAD AND VIEW SITE FILES Minutes, agendas and other documents are provided to the public as PDF files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you may install it by visiting the Adobe web site. Maximize your desktop window size for best viewing of this website. EASY SUBMISSIONS For the convenience of the citizens of the Town of Sterling and Village of Oneco, the Town Hall has a drop box located on the outside of the Municipal Building. The box is checked daily. Contents are distributed to the appropriate office. The box can be used for tax payments (no cash please), dog license renewals, building permit applications, personal property declarations, etc. STERLING CONNECTICUT TOWN HALL Address 1183 Plainfield Pike P.O. Box 157, Oneco, CT 06373-0157 Office Hours Monday & Tuesday – 8am to 4:30pm Wednesday – 8am to 6pm Thursday – 8am to 4pm ***NO FRIDAY HOURS**** Main Phone Number: (860) 564-2904 Department phone numbers on department pages Fax Number: (860) 564-1660 - All offices and departments Click here for map and directions. © 2021 Town of Sterling, CT. All Rights Reserved. Home · Site Map · Contact Copyright © 2021 · Sterling, CT Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in