St. Joseph County, Michigan
[3] 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.After the 1821 Treaty of Chicago was signed, regional tribes of the indigenous peoples ceded much land to the United States, opening the area for American settlement.This area was settled by members of the three Algonquian-speaking tribes of the Council of Three Fires: the Potawatomi, Odawa, and Chippewa (known as Ojibwa in Canada).The county government operates the jail, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services.The county board of commissioners controls the and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances.In Michigan, most local government functions – police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.
St. Joseph, MichiganCountyMichiganNamed forFort St. JosephCentrevilleSturgisTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4U.S. stateIndiana2020 United States Censuscounty seatSt. Joseph Riverpatron saintNew FranceAmerican Revolutionary War1821 Treaty of ChicagoMichigan TerritoryMicropolitan Statistical AreaKalamazooBattle CreekPortageCombined Statistical AreaPotawatomiChippewaOjibwaLake MichiganU.S. Census BureauSaint Joseph RiverVan Buren CountyKalamazoo CountyCalhoun CountyBranch CountyLaGrange County, IndianaElkhart County, IndianaCass CountyUS 12US 131Bus. US 131Star Mill, IndianaMarcellusIndiana Toll RoadIndiana State Road 92010 census2000 United States Censuspopulation densityracial and ethnic makeuphusband and wife familiesAmerican Community Surveyper capita incomepoverty lineRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)vital recordspublic healthcounty board of commissionersProsecuting AttorneySheriffCounty ClerkRegister of DeedsCounty TreasurerDrain CommissionerCounty SurveyorCircuit CourtDistrict CourtWhite PigeonGeneral Land OfficeThree RiversBurr OakConstantineMendonFindleyLeonidasMottvilleNottawaParkvilleWasepiBurr Oak TownshipColon TownshipConstantine TownshipFabius TownshipFawn River TownshipFlorence TownshipFlowerfield TownshipLeonidas TownshipLockport TownshipMendon TownshipMottville TownshipNottawa TownshipPark TownshipSherman TownshipSturgis TownshipWhite Pigeon TownshipList of Michigan State Historic Sites in St. Joseph County, MichiganNational Register of Historic Places listings in St. Joseph County, MichiganClarke Historical LibraryCentral Michigan UniversityCitiesTownshipsFabiusFawn RiverFlorenceFlowerfieldLockportShermanUnincorporatedcommunitiesKlingersLansingTopicsClimate changeCongressional delegationCuisineGeographyGovernmentHighwaysHistoryIslandsMunicipalitiesMuseumsNational Historic LandmarksNational Register of Historic Places listingsPeople