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St. Joseph County, Indiana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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101historic places

—earliest paper

1830formed

272,912pop. 2020

27cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 101 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near South Bend, Mishawaka, New Carlisle.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse St. Joseph titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

69 of 101 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

101 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
All American Bank Building	South Bend	Building	1985
Battell Park Historic District	Mishawaka	District	1996
Beiger House	Mishawaka	Building	1973
Bergan, W.N.-J.C. Lauber Co. Building	South Bend	Building	1999
Berteling Building	South Bend	Building	1985
Blackstone-State Theater	South Bend	Building	1985
Cathedral of St. James and Parish Hall	South Bend	Building	1985
Central High School & Boys Vocational School	South Bend	Building	1985
Chapin Park Historic District	South Bend	District	1982
Chapin, Horatio, House	South Bend	Building	1980
Children's Dispensary	South Bend	Building	1997
Citizens Bank	South Bend	Building	1985
Colonial Gardens Commercial Historic District	South Bend	District	1997
Commercial Building	South Bend	Building	1985
Dille-Probst House	South Bend	Building	1994
Dodge House	Mishawaka	Building	1978
East Washington Street Historic District	South Bend	District	1999
Edgewater Place Historic District	South Bend	District	2026
Egan, Maurice, House	South Bend	Building	1999
Eller-Hosford House	Mishawaka	Building	1983
Ellis-Schindler House	Mishawaka	Building	1990
Evergreen Hill	South Bend	District	2001
Farmers Security Bank	South Bend	Building	1985
Federal Building	South Bend	Building	2015
Fire House No. 3	South Bend	Building	1999
Fire House No. 7	South Bend	Building	1999
Former First Presbyterian Church	South Bend	Building	1985
Hager House	South Bend	Building	1985
Haven Hubbard Home	New Carlisle	District	2013
Hinkle, W. R., and Co.	South Bend	Building	1985
Hoban, Martin, House	South Bend	Building	1999
Hoffman Hotel	South Bend	Building	1985
Howard Park Historic District	South Bend	District	1999
I & M Building	South Bend	Building	1985
I and M Electric Co. Buidling-Transformer House and Garage	South Bend	Building	1999
J. M. S. Building	South Bend	Building	1985
Judie, James A., House	South Bend	Building	1983
Kamm and Schellinger Brewery	Mishawaka	Building	1979
Kelley-Fredrickson House and Office Building	South Bend	Building	1984
Kerr, John G., Company	South Bend	Building	1985
Knights of Columbus-Indiana Club	South Bend	Building	1985
Knights of Pythias Lodge	South Bend	Building	1985
La Salle Street Bridge	South Bend	Structure	1999
LaSalle Annex	South Bend	Building	1985
LaSalle Hotel	South Bend	Building	1985
Lakeville High School	Lakeville	Building	1991
Lawton, Chauncey N., House	South Bend	Building	1983
Leeper Park	South Bend	District	2000
Leeper, Samuel, Jr., House	South Bend	Building	1985
Lowell Heights-Olivet African Methodist Episcopal Church	South Bend	Building	2023
Marquette School	South Bend	Building	2013
McCormick, Charles, Building	South Bend	Building	1999
Merrifield-Cass House	Mishawaka	Building	1983
Mishawaka Carnegie Library	Mishawaka	Building	1998
Mishawaka Fire Station No. 4	Mishawaka	Building	2017
Mishawaka Reservoir Caretaker's Residence	Mishawaka	Building	1998
Morey House	South Bend	Building	1985
Morey-Lampert House	South Bend	Building	1985
Muessel-Drewry's Brewery	South Bend	District	2000
New Carlisle Historic District	New Carlisle	District	1992
Normain Heights Historic District	Mishawaka	District	2002
North Liberty Commercial Historic District	North Liberty	District	2014
North Liberty Park	North Liberty	District	2007
North Pumping Station	South Bend	Building	1997
Northside Boulevard Riverwall	South Bend	Site	2006
O'Brien Electric Priming Company	South Bend	Building	1983
Old Courthouse (Second St. Joseph County Courthouse)	South Bend	Building	1970
Oliver, Joseph D., House	South Bend	Building	1973
Palace Theater	South Bend	Building	1985
Palais Royale Building	South Bend	Building	1983
Second St. Joseph Hotel	South Bend	Building	1985
Service, Jeremiah H., House	New Carlisle	Building	2000
Singer Manufacturing-South Bend Lathe Co. Historic District	South Bend	District	1999
Sommerer House	South Bend	Building	1999
Sons of Israel Synagogue	South Bend	Building	2013
South Bend Brewing Association	South Bend	Building	2001
South Bend City Cemetery	South Bend	District	2018
South Bend Remedy Company	South Bend	Building	1985
South Bend Remedy Company Building	South Bend	Building	2001
South Michigan Street Historic District	South Bend	District	1997
St. Adalbert Church Complex	South Bend	Building	2025
St. Casimir Parish Historic District	South Bend	District	1997
St. Joseph County Infirmary	South Bend	Building	2000
St. Joseph School	South Bend	Building	1999
St. Joseph’s Parish Square	Mishawaka	Building	2022
St. Patrick's Farm	South Bend	District	2013
Stephenson Underwear Mill	South Bend	Building	1995
Studebaker Clubhouse and Tree Sign	New Carlisle	Building	1985
Summers-Longley House-Building	South Bend	Building	1985
Taylor's Field Historic District	South Bend	District	2026
Third St. Joseph County Courthouse	South Bend	Building	1985
Tippecanoe Place NHL	South Bend	Building	1973
Tower Building	South Bend	Building	1985
University of Notre Dame: Main and South Quadrangles	Notre Dame	District	1978
Walker Field Shelterhouse	South Bend	Building	2006
Walkerton Historic District	Walkerton	District	2021
Water Street/Darden Road Bridge	South Bend	Structure	1985
Wenger, Martin, Farmhouse	South Bend	Building	2000
Wertz-Bestle Farm	South Bend	Building	2001
West LaSalle Avenue Historic District	South Bend	District	2013
West Washington Historic District	South Bend	District	1975

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Joseph was formed in 1830 (1830-04-01) from Tippecanoe.

ST. JOSEPH created from Non-County Area 12 attached to CASS and from Non-County Area 10 attached concurrently to CARROLL and TIPPECANOE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Joseph County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
287	6,425	18,455	33,178	58,881	103,304	161,823	205,058	238,614	241,617	265,559	272,912

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

27 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bowman Cemetery	41.65726	-86.23389
Cedar Grove Cemetery	41.69448	-86.24056
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens	41.67894	-86.07917
Eutzler Cemetery	41.63366	-86.14306
Fair Cemetery	41.48755	-86.33279
Fairview Cemetery	41.67476	-86.18306
Ferrisville Cemetery	41.60838	-86.17806
Harris Prairie Cemetery	41.7531	-86.15001
Highland Cemetery	41.71099	-86.28376
Hungarian Sacred Heart Cemetery	41.67199	-86.34973
Lakeville Cemetery	41.54324	-86.26969
Mount Calvary Cemetery	41.57211	-86.26318
New Carlisle Cemetery	41.70579	-86.52452
Old Cemetery	41.53489	-86.43119
Olive Chapel Cemetery	41.66083	-86.50648
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	41.68116	-86.08084
Porter Cemetery	41.54921	-86.35279
Resthaven Cemetery	41.56528	-86.09993
Riverview Cemetery	41.71083	-86.277
Saint Joseph's Cemetery	41.67254	-86.18611
Saint Josephs Cemetery	41.66866	-86.34918
Saint Josephs Cemetery	41.6756	-86.18584
Southlawn Cemetery	41.60379	-86.2526
Stuckey Cemetery	41.7231	-86.2225
Sumption Prairie Cemetery	41.60871	-86.33037
Van Buskirk Cemetery	41.59338	-86.21612
Westlawn Cemetery	41.53537	-86.44059

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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