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Name | St. Joseph |
Alt names | Saint Joseph | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Saint Joseph county | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | St. Joseph | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 41.75°N 85.5°W |
Located in | Michigan, United States (1829 - ) |
See also | Allegan, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Barry, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Branch, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Calhoun, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Clinton, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Eaton, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Ionia, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kent, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Oakland, Michigan, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Saginaw, Michigan, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
St. 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.[1] This area was not part of the United States until after the American Revolutionary War. After the Treaty of Chicago was signed in 1821, 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.[1]
The area is home to the oldest and largest Amish community in Michigan.
St. Joseph County comprises the Sturgis, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1829 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1830 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1832 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1832 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1842 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1867 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1830 | 1,313
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1840 | 7,068
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1850 | 12,725
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1860 | 21,262
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1870 | 26,275
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1880 | 26,626
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1890 | 25,356
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1900 | 23,889
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1910 | 25,499
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1920 | 26,818
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1930 | 30,618
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1940 | 31,749
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1950 | 35,071
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1960 | 42,332
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1970 | 47,392
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1980 | 56,083
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1990 | 58,913
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