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Steuben County History

Steuben County’s great-great-grandmother county was Albany, its great-grandmother county was Tryon, its grandmother county was Montgomery and its mother county was Ontario. The County of Steuben was formed by an act of the legislature from Ontario County on March 18, 1796 and was named after Frederic William Augustus “Baron Von Steuben” a German drill master in the Revolutionary War. Steuben County at that time has a population of about 890 people and an area of about 50 miles square. Over the years, portions have been annexed to Allegany, Yates, Livingston and Schuyler Counties, so that the present size of Steuben County is 1,397 Square miles of land area. As a matter of comparison, Steuben County has 348 more miles of land area than the state of Rhode Island.

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  • Population: 98,726
  • Year Organized: 1789
  • Area: 1,393 Square Miles

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Census Information

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Steuben County Website

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www.steubencony.org

Last modified: June 04, 2008
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