Sterlington

Sterlington, as a family name, may have been formed from sterling and ton. A sterling was a silver penny, probably from the word sterre (star), because of the stars which appeared in the design of certain Norman coins, together with the diminutive suffix -ling.

In later history the meaning of sterling broadened to money having the quality of the sterling, then to English money in general. A pound sterling was originally "a pound weight of sterlings", equalling about 240 coins.

As with many place names the ending ton was probably an abbreviation of the word "town", as for example, in Binghamton - Bingham Town, Charleston - Charles Town, Washington - Washing Town.Names ending in ...ton are mostly based on the Saxon word tun meaning farmstead. Often the prefix is the name of the owner.

Some families in North America have the surname Sterlington but it does not appear to be common and is quite rare in Europe. A check of around 60 million names in the UK Electoral Roll on UK Info [ [http://www.192.com/products UK Info Disk - People Search - 192.com ] ] in 2005 returned no registered persons with the name Sterlington.

People

Ronald Sterlington [http://classicbodybuilders.co.uk/s6.shtml] , [ [http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?a=Sterlington,+Ronald Sterlington, Ronald ] ] , [ [http://www.musclememory.com/showArticle.php?im230210 IronMan, Vol 23, No 2, Page 10 ] ] , was an American bodybuilder who won awards in the 1950's and 1960's

* 1959: Mr Pacific Coast - AAU, 4th
* 1962: Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 2nd
* 1963: Mr Universe - NABBA, Short, 2nd
* 1966: Mr Pacific Coast - AAU, Most Muscular, 1st; Mr Pacific Coast - AAU, Winner

Geographical Location

* Sterlington, Louisiana is a town in Ouachita Parish in the state of Louisiana.

* Sterlington is a location near the village of Sloatsburg in Rockland County, New York. Quote from Catskill Archive Gazeteer:

"STERLINGTON, junction of the Sterling Mountain Railroad, running to Sterling Lake and mines; SLOATSBURG, a small hamlet, formerly of some industrial importance. From New York, 35 and 36 miles respectively" [ [http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/ergazete.Html GAZETTEER - Erie Railroad Stations - 1899 ] ] .

Possibly this location was named after the Sterling Lake mentioned in the quotation.

Computer Games

Sterlington was shown as a planet in the Solaris 7 Battletech science fiction virtual universe game. The planet had coordinates x: 528.9 y: 54.25 and was listed under Classic Battletech Community Resources.

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