STEUBENVILLE

city, seat (1797) of Jefferson county, eastern Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Ohio River, there bridged to Weirton, W.Va., with which it forms a metropolitan area, 39 miles (63 km) west of Pittsburgh. Settled temporarily in 1765 by Jacob Walker, it later (1786) was the site of Fort Steuben (destroyed by fire, 1790), named for Baron Frederick William von Steuben, the Prussian soldier who drilled the colonial army during the American Revolutionary War. One of Ohio's oldest communities, Steubenville was permanently laid out in 1797. Its location on the river and nearby abundant supplies of coal and clay led to its development as a steel-making centre. The city's manufactures now also include tin, chemicals, ferroalloys, and paper products. The Franciscan University of Steubenville was opened in 1946 and Jefferson Community College in 1966. Edwin M. Stanton (181469), secretary of war under President Abraham Lincoln, was born in Steubenville. Inc. village, 1805; city, 1851. Pop. (1990) city, 22,125; Steubenville-Weirton MSA, 142,523; (1994 est.) city, 21,384; (1995 est.) Steubenville-Weirton MSA, 139,862.