Steele County, North Dakota

Founding: 1883
Parent counties: Griggs and Traill
Namesake: Edward Steele, Minneapolis businessman
Seat: Hope (1883–1885); Sherbrooke (1883–1919); Finley (1919–)
Land area: 712 square miles
Population (2020): 1,798
Population (historic): 3,777 (1890); 7,616 (1910); 6,972 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910
Subdivisions: Four cities; 20 townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 347 (30.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,914
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,233

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 987
Average farm size (1920): 386 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa
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Finley

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1897 (platting); 1897 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 401
Population (historic): 516 (1910); 599 (1920); 587 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1897–1920; 1930s; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 71 (35.9%)
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