Steele County, North Dakota
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Steele County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,798,<ref name="QF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> making it the fifth-least populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat since 1919 is Finley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on June 2, 1883, with territories partitioned from Griggs and Traill counties. It was not organized at that time, but was attached to Traill for administrative and judicial purposes. It was named for businessman Edward H. Steele, who had pushed for its creation.
On July 13, 1883, the county organization was effected and Steele County was detached from Traill County; Sherbrooke, North Dakota was chosen as the county seat. In 1897 the town of Finley was founded, and by 1919 its growth had eclipsed Sherbrooke to the point that the county seat was transferred to Finley.<ref>Individual ND & SC County Chronologies (Long, 2007) The Newberry Library (accessed February 20, 2019)</ref> The county's boundaries have been unchanged since its creation.
GeographyEdit
The Sheyenne River flows south near and into the county's west boundary line. The Goose River flows southeast through the northeastern part of the county. The terrain consists of rolling hills dotted with lakes and ponds. The area is devoted to agriculture.<ref name=SCND>Steele County ND Google Maps (accessed February 20, 2019)</ref> The terrain slopes to the south and east; its highest point is near its northwestern corner, at Template:Convert ASL.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The county has an area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.5%) is water.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Major highwaysEdit
- File:ND-32 (2015).svg North Dakota Highway 32
- File:ND-38 (2015).svg North Dakota Highway 38
- File:ND-200 (2015).svg North Dakota Highway 200
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Adjacent countiesEdit
- Grand Forks County - north
- Traill County - east
- Cass County - southeast
- Barnes County - southwest
- Griggs County - west
- Nelson County - northwest
Lakes<ref name=SCND/>Edit
- Golden Lake
- Golden Rush Lake
- Lake Tobiason
- Lone Tree Lake
- North Golden Lake
- Stony Lake
- Willow Lake
DemographicsEdit
2020 censusEdit
As of the census of 2020, there were 1,798 people.
2010 censusEdit
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,975 people, 864 households, and 589 families in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,171 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 97.6% white, 1.2% American Indian, 0.2% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.0% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 60.0% were Norwegian, 35.2% were German, 5.4% were Irish, and 1.0% were American.
Of the 864 households, 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.8% were non-families, and 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.78. The median age was 47.7 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $44,191 and the median income for a family was $54,625. Males had a median income of $36,588 versus $25,648 for females. The per capita income for the county was $27,728. About 4.3% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.
Population by decadeEdit
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CommunitiesEdit
CitiesEdit
Unincorporated communities<ref name=SCND/>Edit
- Blabon
- Colgate
- Pickert
- Sherbrooke<ref>Ghosts of North Dakota: Sherbrooke</ref> (original county seat; now mostly uninhabited)
TownshipsEdit
- Beaver Creek
- Broadlawn
- Carpenter
- Colgate
- Easton
- Edendale
- Enger
- Finley
- Franklin
- Golden Lake
- Greenview
- Hugo
- Melrose
- Newburgh
- Primrose
- Riverside
- Sharon
- Sherbrooke
- Westfield
- Willow Lake
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| Range 57 | Range 56 | Range 55 | Range 54 | |
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| Township 148 | Sharon | Westfield | Beaver Creek | Newburgh |
| Township 147 | Franklin | Finley | Golden Lake | Enger |
| Township 146 | Greenview | Easton | Sherbrooke | Primrose |
| Township 145 | Riverside | Melrose | Hugo | Edendale |
| Township 144 | Willow Lake | Carpenter | Colgate | Broadlawn |
PoliticsEdit
Steele County was a Democratic-leaning swing county in presidential elections until 2016, when Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by nearly 20 points, an almost total flip from Barack Obama's 20 point win in 2008. In 2020, Joe Biden fared even worse despite a national increase for the Democratic Party from 2016. He was the first Democrat to win without the county since John F. Kennedy in 1960, and had the lowest proportion of the county's vote of any winning Democrat since Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Since 1964 Steele County has favored the Democratic presidential candidate in 64% of elections. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot
EducationEdit
Steele County has the following school districts:<ref name=CensusSchoolDistList2020>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} - Text list - 2010 map and 2010 list</ref>
- Dakota Prairie Public School District 1
- Finley-Sharon Public School District 19
- Griggs County Central School District 18
- Hatton Public School District 7
- Hope-Page School District (merger of Hope Public School District 10 and Page Public School District 80)
- May-Port CG Public School District 14
- Northwood Public School District 129
Former districts:
- Hope Public School District 10<ref name=CensusSchoolDistList2020/> - Consolidated with Page district in 2020<ref name=Enrollmenthist>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }} - Check the 2020-2021 spreadsheet, which lists a single "Hope Page" school district, and compare with all previous sheets which show them as two separate school districts.</ref>
- Page Public School District 80<ref name=CensusSchoolDistList2020/> - Consolidated with Hope district in 2020<ref name=Enrollmenthist/>
In 1964 the county had 992 students in four schools; at the time there were five school districts but Colgate was not operating any schools as its school closed in 1964.<ref>Template:Cite news - Clipping from Newspapers.com</ref>
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Steele County map, North Dakota DOT
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