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St. Joseph County, Michigan

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
17historic places
—earliest paper
1829formed
60,939pop. 2020
59cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Constantine, Centreville, Three Rivers.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Art Gallery BuildingConstantineBuilding1980
Barry, Gov. John S., HouseConstantineBuilding1972
Clapp, Leverett A. and Amanda (Hampson), HouseCentrevilleBuilding2009
Constantine Historic Commercial DistrictConstantineDistrict1985
Downtown Three Rivers Commercial Historic DistrictThree RiversDistrict1982
Farrand HallColonBuilding1972
M-86-Prarie River BridgeNottawaStructure2000
Marantette BridgeMendonStructure2001
Marantette HouseMendonBuilding1973
Morse-Scoville HouseConstantineBuilding1996
Nettleton-Cond HouseConstantineBuilding2021
Nottawa Stone SchoolNottawaBuilding1972
Silliman, Arthur, HouseThree RiversBuilding1979
St. Joseph County CourthouseCentrevilleBuilding1993
US 12 St. Joseph River BridgeMottvilleStructure1991
Wahbememe Burial Site and MonumentWhite PigeonSite1995
White Pigeon Prairie Land Office (Additional Documentation)White PigeonBuilding1989

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 1829 (1829-10-29) from unknown / original county.

ST. JOSEPH created by Michigan Territory from Non-County Area 1 attached to LENAWEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

62k32k1,31318301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,3137,06821,26226,62623,88926,81831,74935,07142,33256,08362,42260,939

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

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

Cemeteries — 59 of 59 listed
NameLatLon
Amish Cemetery41.92555-85.51527
Aurand Cemetery41.75923-85.75055
Babcock Cemetery41.93365-85.41026
Banta Cemetery41.99221-85.31249
Beadle Cemetery41.95555-85.69166
Beard Cemetery42.07133-85.39169
Bowman Park Cemetery (historical)41.95417-85.63417
Brick Chapel Cemetery41.87418-85.70179
Broadstreet Cemetery41.87459-85.66436
Burr Oak Township Cemetery41.84721-85.33194
Calhoun Cemetery41.86748-85.58464
Center Park Cemetery42.01288-85.59364
Centreville Village Cemetery41.92638-85.50916
Constantine Township Cemetery41.83944-85.65701
Culberson Cemetery41.97643-85.52832
Dutton Cemetery42.06615-85.47054
Factoryville Cemetery42.05055-85.30694
Fawn River Township Cemetery41.78175-85.34728
Findley Cemetery41.89444-85.37249
Flowerfield Cemetery42.06333-85.65416
Freedom Cemetery41.80643-85.3372
Howardsville Cemetery42.0253-85.72256
Knobhill Cemetery41.99948-85.74166
Laird Cemetery41.98421-85.43582
Lakeside Cemetery41.96671-85.33637
Leonidas Cemetery42.02846-85.35351
Locust Grove Mennonite Cemetery41.89721-85.37999
Lower Flatbush Cemetery41.99053-85.65985
McAuley Cemetery41.99171-85.34498
Mendon Cemetery42.00532-85.48082
Mint Cemetery42.06421-85.5686
Moore Park Cemetery42.01359-85.62654
Morrison Cemetery41.89958-85.68739
Mottville Township Cemetery41.79388-85.75555
Newville Cemetery (historical)41.79833-85.60361
Nottawa Cemetery41.9052-85.43304
Oak Grove Mennonite Cemetery41.86758-85.53735
Oak Lawn Cemetery41.79055-85.41613
Parkville Cemetery42.01282-85.55693
Peek Cemetery41.88001-85.63836
Pioneer Cemetery41.95504-85.47109
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery41.83888-85.65555
Prairie River Cemetery41.93055-85.52369
Riverside Cemetery41.94448-85.61638
Saint Edward's Catholic Church Cemetery42.00851-85.45529
Saint Gregory's Abbey Cemetery41.97499-85.71333
Saint Joseph Cemetery41.79746-85.6298
Saint Joseph County Infirmary Cemetery41.80808-85.33741
Salem Cemetery41.86741-85.50128
Sanborn Cemetery41.87087-85.33053
Scott Cemetery42.02087-85.52054
South Colon Cemetery41.92004-85.31136
South Park Cemetery41.99805-85.55694
Sprung Cemetery42.02138-85.41944
Stengle Cemetery41.81836-85.72947
Sturgis Memorial Gardens41.78081-85.41689
Thompson Cemetery41.77833-85.75055
Tobey Cemetery41.83754-85.38942
Upper Flatbush Cemetery42.00589-85.67333

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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