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St. Joseph, Michigan

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 Chicago.[6] It is home of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Not to be confused with St. Joseph County, Michigan.

St. Joseph, Michigan

United States

Michigan

Berrien

1834 (village)
1891 (city)

Council–manager

Brook Thomas

4.78 sq mi (12.38 km2)

3.20 sq mi (8.30 km2)

1.58 sq mi (4.08 km2)

630 ft (192 m)

7,856

2,452.70/sq mi (947.05/km2)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

49085

269

26-70960[2]

0636762[3]

Official website

Geography[edit]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.80 square miles (12.43 km2), of which 3.22 square miles (8.34 km2) is land and 1.58 square miles (4.09 km2) is water.[22]

I-94

BL I-94

begins just northeast of Benton Harbor–St. Joseph

I-196

US 31

M-63

M-139

The is serviced daily by Amtrak's Pere Marquette passenger train.

St. Joseph railway station

Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority (TCATA) provides public transit throughout the St. Joseph-Benton Harbor area. It was originally a dial-a-ride system. More recently, it launched three fixed routes. Only one of those routes, the Red Route, passes through St. Joseph. The other routes are limited to Benton Harbor and its vicinity.

[33]

The St. Joseph Harbor is a commercial port that receives bulk goods from . St. Joseph has two docks within city limits and another dock is located in Benton Harbor. Due to limitations on the depth of the port and lack of dredging funding, the harbor is experiencing a down trend in the amount of tonnage. The 2007 numbers for the port are:[34]

lake freighters

Previous year tonnage includes:

(Bears)

St. Joseph High School

Upton Middle School

Brown Elementary

Lincoln Elementary

E.P. Clarke Elementary

(Lakers)

Lake Michigan Catholic

(Red Hawks)

Lake Michigan College

Trinity Lutheran School (Kingsmen)

Michigan Lutheran High School (Titans)

[35]

Grace Lutheran School (Hornets)

Media[edit]

St. Joseph is served by The Herald-Palladium newspaper, whose offices are in nearby St. Joseph Township, is part of the South Bend/Elkhart television market, and is served by sister radio stations WCSY-FM, WCXT, WIRX, WQYQ, WSJM-FM, and WYTZ as well as some in the South Bend market.

CEO at Whirlpool Corporation

Marc Bitzer

record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Dave Carlock

President of LECO Corporation

Robert J. Warren

Miss New York 2013, Miss America 2014 [36][37]

Nina Davuluri

writer

James Frey

farmer and Michigan state legislator

Harry Gast

actor

Sean Giambrone

Roman Catholic bishop

Michael Joseph Green

Rob Harbin, guitarist

Bliss 66

actress

Doris Keane

Ex-CEO of Whirlpool Corporation

Jeff M. Fettig

humorist and writer

Benjamin Franklin King Jr.

news anchor, ABC's Good Morning America

Amy Robach

author of the #1 New York Times bestselling children's book series, Dork Diaries

Rachel Renee Russell

voice actor

Roger Craig Smith

politician (U.S. House of Representatives)

Fred Upton

Senior Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation

Frederick Upton

Founder of Whirlpool Corporation

Louis Upton

supermodel

Kate Upton

actress, singer, and dancer

Karen Ziemba

tennis player

Reilly Opelka

St. Joseph courthouse shooting

St. Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights

Saint Joseph

Coolidge, Orville W. (1906). . Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 25. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

A Twentieth Century History of Berrien County, Michigan

Eccles, W.J. (1997). John Logan Allen (ed.). . North American Exploration. Vol. 2. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-8032-1023-3. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

French Exploration in North America, 1700–1800

Fedynsky, John (June 28, 2010). . University of Michigan Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-472-11728-4. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

Michigan's County Courthouses

Fuller, George Newman (1916). . Lansing, Michigan: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. p. 266. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

Economic and Social Beginnings of Michigan: A Study of the Settlement of the Lower Peninsula During the Territorial Period, 1805–1837

Hilton, George W. (2002). . Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4240-5. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers

Media related to St. Joseph, Michigan at Wikimedia Commons

official website

City of St. Joseph

tourism website

St. Joseph Today

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