Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY, situated on the south boundary of Michigan, and traversed by St. Joseph's river. Area, 528 square miles. Face of the country, even; soil, good. Seat of justice, Centreville. Pop. in 1830, 1,313; in 1840, 7,068; in 1850, 12,705. (Fanning's, 1853)