Steubenville, Ohio | |
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Nickname: "City of Murals"[1] | |
Motto: Where you always have a home | |
Coordinates: 40°21′55″N 80°38′00″W / 40.36528°N 80.63333°W[2] | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Jefferson |
Founded | 1795 |
Named for | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager[3] |
• Mayor | Jerry Barilla (R) |
Area | |
• City | 10.62 sq mi (27.50 km2) |
• Land | 10.54 sq mi (27.29 km2) |
• Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
Elevation | 1,132 ft (345 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• City | 18,161 |
• Density | 1,723.55/sq mi (665.46/km2) |
• Metro | 118,250 (US: 340th) |
• CSA | 2,659,937 (US: 23th) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 43952-43953 [6] |
Area code(s) | 740, 220 |
FIPS code | 39-74608 |
GNIS feature ID | 1086386[5] |
Website | cityofsteubenville.us |
Steubenville (/ˈstjuːbənvɪl/ STEW-bən-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.[2] Located along the Ohio River 33 miles (53 km) west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 census.[7] The city's name is derived from Fort Steuben, a 1786 fort that sat within the city's current limits and was named for Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.[8] It is a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area, which had a 2020 population of 116,903 residents.
Steubenville's nickname is the "City of Murals", after its more than 25 downtown murals.[1] The campus of Franciscan University of Steubenville is in the city. Historically, it was known as the birthplace and home town of Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War during the American Civil War. It is known as the city where legendary entertainer Dean Martin of the Rat Pack was born and raised. It has recently attracted attention for the Steubenville Nutcracker Village, an annual Christmastime event.[9]