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Welcome to Steele Center ...

Steele Center is located in Steele County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Steele Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Steele Center: Steele Ctr. (or less commonly used: Steele Cen., Steele Cent. or Steele Cntr.)

Steele Center is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Steele Center lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Steele Center: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Steele Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Steele Center.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Steele Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Steele Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Steele Center. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Steele Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Steele Center. See our Newspapers Page for Steele Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Steele Center ...

Looking for more information about Steele Center? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Steele Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Steele Center.

Adding Steele Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Steele Center in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Steele Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Steele Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Steele, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Steele Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Steele Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Steele Center area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.