The original Steele Creek Township dates back to the first census taken in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, however, reference to Steele Creek dates back to before the formation of the county. The area originally encompassed the entire southwest part of the county and the Catawba River is the boundary on the west and south parts of the community. The old Nation Ford Road, which was used by Indians long before the white men entered the area, bounds it on the east side. Today, Charlotte and the Douglas International Airport bound it on the north side.  

In 1994, because Charlotte was growing and annexing a great portion of Steele Creek, it was decided that we would form a Historical and Genealogical Society to try to preserve the history of the community and also search out information regarding the original families that settled in the area. There are a few homes in the area designated as "Historic", but most have been destroyed for growth. Our goal was to locate pictures of some of the old homes that no longer exist or locate them on a map, photos of the old schools that no longer exist and stores, post offices and other places. Another goal was to collect family histories of the early settlers, records of old wills, bibles, letters and memories of the older people in the community related to the old families.

Today, the city has annexed about two-thirds of the community and Steele Creek will soon all be in the city of Charlotte. We are fortunate to have one of Mecklenburg County’s "original" seven Presbyterian churches. Old historic Steele Creek Presbyterian church and cemetery is located in the community and dates back to at least the late 1740s when Mecklenburg County was still part of Anson County, NC. Some of the earliest graves have death dates in the 1760s.

Another old cemetery is located just across the state line adjoining I-77 but within sight of the Steele Creek "border". That is what is left of old Blackstock Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church which was the "mother" church of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian today. That church was formed in 1793 and the first grave in the cemetery is dated 1794. Over one half of the members of that original church were from the Steele Creek community.

In the lower part of the community near the Catawba River, is located Pleasant Hill Presbyterian church and cemetery. This church was formed from old Steele Creek Presbyterian in 1836 by members of the old church that were located at the southern end of the community and needed a church closer to them. The oldest grave in that cemetery is that of Mary M. Erwin, who died October 17, 1844. She was the wife of A. R. Erwin and the daughter of Dr. W. T. and Mary D. Maclean. (This cemetery will be added to the Mecklenburg GenWeb page in the near future.)

Two African-American churches that were created immediately after the Civil War were Mt. Olive Presbyterian church and McClintock Presbyterian. Mt. Olive was located in the northern part of the community when it was formed, but in the 1880s a new township of Berryhill was broken from the Steele Creek Township and Mt. Olive now is located in that township. Berryhill is still included in our Steele Creek History. McClintock is located near the middle of the community and has a much smaller cemetery. Mt. Olive Presbyterian church cemetery records are on the Mecklenburg County GenWeb page and hopefully by the end of this year, we will have catalogued McClintock’s cemetery and it will be added to the Genweb page.

The Baptist members in the community attended old Flint Hill Baptist which is located near the NC/SC line in upper York County. This church was formed in the 1790s and several Steele Creek families are buried there.

The oldest Methodist church in the community is Zoar United Methodist, a very small church, which was formed in 1861 and it also has a small cemetery adjoining it. This church is located in the southeastern part of the community close to the South Carolina state line.