St. Joseph
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city in and county seat of Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Berrien
- Incorporated
- 1834 (village), 1891 (city)
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Brook Thomas
- Total
- 4.78 sq mi (12.38 km )
- Land
- 3.20 sq mi (8.30 km )
- Water
- 1.58 sq mi (4.08 km )
- Elevation
- 630 ft (192 m)
- Density
- 2,452.8/sq mi (947.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 26-70960
- Gnis feature id
- 0636762
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Joseph
- Official name
- St. Joseph
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Berrien County
- Population
- 7856
- Area
- 12.409077
- Elevation
- 192
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- St. Joseph River
- Capital of
- Berrien County
- Official website
- www.sjcity.com
- Image
- St Joseph Michigan aerial view.jpg
- Households
- 4084
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- Commons category
- St. Joseph, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:St. Joseph, Michigan
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Joseph, Michigan
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in St. Joseph, Michigan
- inception
- 1834-01-01
- different from
- St. Joseph County
- P8168
- Sathyamangalam
- water as percent of area
- 32.8992
- per capita income
- 43250
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 49085
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint Joseph, colloquially known as Saint Joe, is a city in and the county seat of Berrien County, Michigan. It was incorporated as a village in 1834 and as a city in 1891. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,856. 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. The city and adjacent Benton Harbor are known as the "Twin Cities".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Joseph” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.