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Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States.〔 Located along the Ohio River, it had a population of 18,659 at the 2010 census. The city's name is derived from Fort Steuben, a 1786 fort that sat within the city's current limits and was named for German-Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Today, a replica of the fort is open to the public. Steubenville is known as the "City of Murals", after its more than 25 downtown murals.〔(City of Steubenville )〕 It is home to Franciscan University of Steubenville and Eastern Gateway Community College (formerly Jefferson Community College).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Eastern Gateway )〕 == History == In 1786-87, the soldiers of the 1st American Regiment built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River, and named the fort in honor of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. When the surveyors completed their task a few years later, the fort was abandoned. In the meantime, settlers had built homes around the fort; they named their settlement Steubenville. The name Steubenville was derived from Fort Steuben to honor Baron von Steuben (the fort was named for the Baron). The town was sometimes referred to as La Belle City, a franglais interpretation of "The Beautiful City." On July 29, 1797, Jefferson County was organized by a proclamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair, and Steubenville was selected as the County seat.〔 The town was subsequently renamed Steubenville, in honor of the abandoned fort, and was platted in the same year by and James Ross, the city's co-founders. Wells, a government surveyor born in Baltimore, received about of land west of the Ohio River; Ross, a lawyer from Pittsburgh, owned land north of his. On March 1, 1803, Ohio was admitted to the Union as the 17th state. During the first half of the nineteenth century, Steubenville was primarily a port town, and the rest of the county was small villages and farms. Steubenville received a city charter in 1851. In 1856, Frazier, Kilgore and Company erected a rolling mill (the forerunner of steel mills) and the Steubenville Coal and Mining Company sank a coal shaft. The city was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, which connected Pittsburgh to Chicago and St. Louis. In 1946, the College of Steubenville was founded by the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Ohio Historical Society )〕 In 1980, its name was changed to University of Steubenville, and finally in 1985 to Franciscan University of Steubenville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate=2013-01-18 )〕 In 1966, the Jefferson County Technical Institute was founded. In 1977, its name was changed to Jefferson Technical College. In 1995, it became a community college and was renamed Jefferson Community College. In 2009, the college expanded its service district by three Ohio counties, and was renamed again: Eastern Gateway Community College. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steubenville, Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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