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Steele County
Also known as Steele County, Minnesota, Steele County, MN
county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855
- Named after
- Franklin Steele
- Seat
- Owatonna
- Largest city
- Owatonna
- Total
- 432 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 430 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,464
- Density
- 87/sq mi (34/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Steele County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,406. Its county seat is Owatonna.
Steele County comprises the Owatonna Micropolitan Statistical Area.