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After the [[American Revolutionary War]] established US sovereignty over the territory of the upper Midwest, the new federal government defined the [[Northwest Territory]] in 1787 which included the area of present-day Indiana. In 1800, Congress separated [[Ohio]] from the Northwest Territory, designating the rest of the land as the [[Indiana Territory]]. President [[Thomas Jefferson]] chose [[William Henry Harrison]] as the governor of the territory, and [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]] was established as the capital. After the [[Michigan Territory]] was separated and the [[Illinois Territory]] was formed, Indiana was reduced to its current size and geography. By December 1816 the Indiana Territory was admitted to the Union as a state.

This area was historically occupied by the [[Potawatomi]] people, one of the tribes in the [[Council of Three Fires]]. Typically they lived in highly decentralized bands. Treaties signed by some leaders with United States representatives ceded large areas of their territory to the US. Starting in 1794, [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] titles to Indiana lands were extinguished by usurpation, purchase, or war and treaty. The United States acquired land from the Native Americans in the [[Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)|1809 treaty of Fort Wayne]], by the [[Treaty of St. Mary's (1818)|treaty of St. Mary's in 1818]], and in 1826 by the [[Treaty of Mississinewas]], which included the future Steuben County.

The Indiana State Legislature passed an [[Omnibus bill|omnibus]] county bill<ref>[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01tynd/page/286/mode/2up John W Tyndall & OE Lesh, ''Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana''. pp. 284-6 (accessed 9 August 2020)]</ref> on 7 February 1835 that authorized the creation of thirteen counties in northeast Indiana, including Steuben.<ref>The counties are Dekalb, Fulton, Jasper, Jay, Kosciusko, Marshall, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Stark, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley. Newton County was merged with Jasper County in 1839 and was re-authorized as a separate county in 1859.</ref> In 1837 the county was organized. It was named for [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|Baron Frederick von Steuben]], an officer of the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite book|author=De Witt Clinton Goodrich & Charles Richard Tuttle|publisher=R. S. Peale & co.|year=1875|location=Indiana|title=An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog| pages=[https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog/page/n585 573]}}</ref> In 1840 the Potawatomi were forcibly removed from this area and neighboring territory in Michigan and Ohio to Indian Territory in [[Kansas]].