Editing Steele County, North Dakota (section)

==History==
The [[Dakota Territory]] legislature created the county on June 2, 1883, with territories partitioned from [[Griggs County, North Dakota|Griggs]] and [[Traill County, North Dakota|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, North Dakota|Finley]] was founded, and by 1919 its growth had eclipsed Sherbrooke to the point that the county seat was transferred to Finley.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111113432/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/North_Dakota/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm 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.

[[File:Map of Steele County, N.D., 1911.jpg|thumb|Outline map of Steele County, North Dakota, 1911]]