Etymology

Steuben

Steu·ben
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The story

At least in Maine and New York, named after Prussian army officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), who participated in the American Revolution. The name is also of German origin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.