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St. Joseph County
Sign in to saveAlso known as St. Joseph County, Indiana, Saint Joseph County, Indiana, Saint Joseph County, IN, St. Joseph County, IN, St Joseph County, Indiana
county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Named after
- St. Joseph River
- Seat
- South Bend
- Largest city
- South Bend
- Total
- 461.38 sq mi (1,195.0 km )
- Land
- 457.85 sq mi (1,185.8 km )
- Water
- 3.54 sq mi (9.2 km ) 0.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 272,861
- Density
- 596.07/sq mi (230.15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .sjcindiana .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Joseph County, colloquially called St. Joe County by residents, is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 272,912, making it the fifth-most populous county in Indiana. Formed in 1830, it was named for the St. Joseph River which flows through it to Lake Michigan. The county seat is South Bend. St. Joseph County is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN–MI "Michiana", Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Joseph County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.