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Steuben

American  
[stoo-buhn, styoo-, stoo-ben, styoo-, shtoi-buhn] / ˈstu bən, ˈstju-, stuˈbɛn, stju-, ˈʃtɔɪ bən /

noun

  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von 1730–94, Prussian major general in the American Revolutionary army.


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Family patriarch Joseph Guinnip joined the throngs of people who headed west to take hold of America’s Manifest Destiny, leaving Steuben County, N.Y., in the 1830s.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

Many groups, including the DCCC, submitted letters making these points for the Steuben County Supreme Court to consider before its final decision issued Friday.

From Washington Post May 21, 2022

Jeffries chafed at the idea that the new maps for the city were created under the supervision of a court in western New York’s Steuben County, along the Pennsylvania border.

From Seattle Times May 19, 2022

“The plaintiffs got what they wanted by going to court in Steuben County,” said Jeffrey Wice, an adjunct professor at New York Law School’s Census and Redistricting Institute.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2022

So the journey was suspended and the first winter spent in a Welsh settlement near Steuben, New York.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd

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