Steel City
Steel City is an unincorporated community in Benton Township, Franklin County, Illinois, USA. It is located about a mile east of the county seat of Benton on Illinois Route 34.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Illinois
- Also known as: “Steel City, IL”, “Steel City, Illinois”, and “Steele City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Benton Public Library and Franklin County Courthouse.
Benton Public Library
Library
Benton Public Library serves the town of Benton, Illinois, and the residents of the Benton Public Library District. The library is located at 502 S. Main St. in Benton. Benton Public Library is situated 2½ miles west of Steel City.
Franklin County Courthouse
Courthouse
The Franklin County Courthouse is a government building located in Benton, Illinois. It took 620 days to complete from start to finish, costing around $13 million for the courthouse itself. Franklin County Courthouse is situated 2½ miles west of Steel City.
Franklin County Jail
Prison
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Franklin County Jail, located at 209 W. Main St. in Benton, is the former county jail of Franklin County, Illinois. The jail was built in 1905–06 to replace the county's previous jail, which was built in the 1840s after the county seat moved to Benton. Franklin County Jail is situated 2½ miles west of Steel City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benton and West City.
Benton
Town
Photo: Aplucas0703, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton. Benton is situated 2 miles west of Steel City.
West City
Village
West City is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. It is adjacent to the county seat of Benton. The population was 656 at the 2020 census. West City is situated 3 miles west of Steel City.
Logan
Village
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Hanaford is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census. Hanaford is also known as Logan. Logan is situated 3½ miles southeast of Steel City.
Steel City
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Benton Township, Franklin, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.99811° or 37° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
-88.87923° or 88° 52′ 45″ westElevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
869HX4XC+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 153352585OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Steel City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯蒂爾城 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “斯蒂爾城”
- French: “Steel City”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایستیل سیتی، ایلینوی”
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