St. Joseph County
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county in Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- Named after
- Fort St. Joseph
- Seat
- Centreville
- Largest city
- Sturgis
- Total
- 521 sq mi (1,350 km )
- Land
- 501 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 20 sq mi (52 km ) 3.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 60,968
- Density
- 122/sq mi (47/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- stjosephcountymi .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- St. Joseph River
- Official name
- Saint Joseph County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Michigan
- Contains
- Centreville
- Capital
- Centreville
- Population
- 60939
- Area
- 1350
- Shares border with
- Cass County
- Official website
- www.stjosephcountymi.org
- Image
- White Pigeon land office.jpg
- Households
- 24319
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- topic's main category
- Category:St. Joseph County, Michigan
- Commons category
- St. Joseph County, Michigan
- inception
- 1829-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Joseph County, Michigan
- different from
- St. Joseph County
- water as percent of area
- 3.9
- native label
- St. Joseph County
- per capita income
- 26810
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint Joseph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan, on the central southern border with Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 60,939. The county seat is Centreville.
French colonists in the late 17th century were the first Europeans to explore this territory, and they named the St. Joseph River for the patron saint of New France. This area was not part of the United States until after the American Revolutionary War. After the 1821 Treaty of Chicago was signed, regional tribes of the indigenous peoples ceded much land to the United States, opening the area for American settlement. The county was set off and organized by the Michigan Territory legislature in 1829; it was named for the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Joseph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.