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Steeleville is a village in northeastern Randolph County in the 'Little Egypt' region of southern Illinois.

Steeleville had a population of 1,930 at the 2020 census, down from 2,083 in 2010, spread over about 1.5 square miles.

The area was first settled by John Steele in 1807, and his son George Steele settled in 1810 at the spot that came to be known as Georgetown.

A fort was built near the settlement in 1812 for protection during the frontier era.

In 1825, George Steele erected an oxen-powered grain treadmill known as Steele's Mill, and the post office opened under the name Steele's Mill in 1827.

The community went by the names Alma, Georgetown, and Steele's Mill at different times before taking its present name.

Lots in the town were first sold in 1832 by a group of local proprietors, and the Baptist church was organized in 1838.

Steele's Mill was chartered by the state in 1840 under the name Georgetown, and in 1851 the adjoining Alma and Jasper Steele additions united with Georgetown to form Steeleville.

Steeleville was formally incorporated in 1869 by an act of the Illinois legislature.

A historical marker erected by the village in 1976 on West Broadway Street, in front of City Hall, commemorates George Steele's 1825 founding of the town.