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St. Joseph
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint Joseph, Saint Joseph, Missouri, St. Joseph, Missouri, St. Joseph, MO, St Joseph, MO, United States, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, St. Joseph, Buchanan County
city and seat of Buchanan County, State of Missouri, United States
St. Joseph is a city in Missouri that serves as the county seat of Buchanan County. It is located in the United States and functions as the administrative center for the county.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- Joseph
- Official name
- St. Joseph
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Buchanan County
- Population
- 72473
- Area
- 2.037799
- Elevation
- 271
- Body of water
- Missouri River
- Capital of
- Buchanan County
- Official website
- www.stjosephmo.gov
- Image
- St Joseph Missouri skyline.jpg
- Households
- 29008
- Dialing code
- 816
Show 11 more facts
- different from
- Joseph
- postal code
- 64506
- Commons category
- St. Joseph, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:St. Joseph, Missouri
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in St. Joseph, Missouri
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- native label
- Saint Joseph
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Joseph, Missouri
- P8168
- Kormoran
- water as percent of area
- 1.7441
- per capita income
- 26033
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Joseph is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas. As of the 2020 census, St. Joseph had a population of 72,473, making it the 8th most populous city in the state, and the 3rd most populous in Northwest Missouri. St. Joseph is located roughly 30 miles (48 km) north of the Kansas City, Missouri city limits and approximately 125 miles (201 km) south of Omaha, Nebraska.
The city was named after the town's founder Joseph Robidoux and the biblical Saint Joseph. In the nineteenth century, it was the death place of American outlaw Jesse James. It was also the starting point of the Pony Express serving the West. Today, St. Joseph is home to Missouri Western State University, which enrolls over 3,800 students.
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