Steuben Explained

Steuben or Von Steuben most commonly refers to Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian-American military officer, or to a number of things named for him in the United States. It may also refer to:

Places

• Steuben Township, Marshall County, Illinois
• Steuben County, Indiana
• Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana
• Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana
• Steuben, Maine
• Steuben, New York
• Steuben County, New York
• Steuben Township, Pennsylvania
• Steuben, Wisconsin

Ships

• SS General von Steuben, a German auxiliary cruiser sunk in February 1945
• USS Von Steuben (ID-3017), a U.S. Navy transport in World War I
• USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632), an American submarine
• USS Steuben County, a U.S. Navy tank landing ship in the Korean War

Other uses

• Steuben Glass Works
• Steuben Monument, a sculpture in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center
• German-American Steuben Parade

People with the surname

• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian officer who aided the colonials in the American Revolutionary War
• Charles de Steuben (1788-1856), a German-born French Romantic painter and lithographer active during the Napoleonic Era.
• Fritz Steuben (1898–1981), writer
• Kuno von Steuben (1855-1935), German general in World War I

See also

• Steubenville, Indiana
• Steubenville, Ohio
• Von Steuben Day, holiday in Baron von Steuben's honor