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St. Joseph, colloquially known as St. Joe, is a city and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,856. [5] It lies on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the St. Joseph River, about 90 miles (140 km) east-northeast of ...
Website. bhcity .us. Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. According to the 2020 census, its population was 9,103. [4] It is the smaller, by population, of the two principal cities in the Niles –Benton Harbor Metropolitan ...
The South Bend–Elkhart–Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties – four in northern Indiana and two in southwest Michigan. The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 812,199.
The Blossomland Bridge is a bascule bridge in St. Joseph, Michigan, that carries M-63 across the St. Joseph River. Delayed by World War II, construction took place from 1947 though 1948. At the time, it was the longest bridge built by the Michigan State Highway Department. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
1624987 [4] Website. City website. Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County, Michigan. The population was 7,973 at the time of the 2020 census. [5] Three Rivers derives its name from its location at the confluence of the St. Joseph River and two tributaries, the Rocky and Portage rivers. [6] The St. Joseph River flows into Lake Michigan.
The Amtrak line was the Michigan Central Railroad's main line, opened through Niles in 1848 and 1849. The St. Joseph Valley Railroad opened in 1870 as the Michigan Central's South Bend Branch, and the Michigan Air-Line Railroad, leased to the Michigan Central, opened a line heading east from Niles in 1871, known as the Air Line Branch.
The area remained sparsely populated, even as Michigan Territory was petitioning for statehood. In 1834 a sea-captain from Buffalo, New York—Wessel Whittaker—and his crew were shipwrecked on the Lake Michigan coast south of the Galien River outlet. As they headed back to Saint Joseph, MI to report the loss of their ship, Whittaker noticed ...
St. Joseph Charter Township is a charter township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,993 at the 2020 census . [3] The township is on the shores of Lake Michigan in the west central portion of the county, south of and adjacent to the city of St. Joseph .