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After a bitterly fought political contest, St. Joseph was named the seat of Berrien County in 1894, when Berrien Springs relinquished that status. The three largest towns in the county, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, and Niles, each wanted to be the county seat, but none had a majority vote. Once St. Joseph and Benton Harbor voters combined their ...
St. Bernard 555 E Delaware Ave, Benton Harbor: Now operates as a single parish with St. John [5] St. John 600 Columbus Ave, Benton Harbor Now operates as a single parish with St. Bernard [5] St. Joseph (downtown) 220 Church St, St. Joseph: Parish traces roots to 1850; current church built 1869; spire added 1891 [6] St. Joseph (south)
St. Joseph station, also known as St. Joseph–Benton Harbor station, is an Amtrak train station in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States, served by Amtrak's Pere Marquette line. It is located at 410½ Vine Street in St. Joseph opposite Silver Beach County Park. [2] Since 2005 the station has shared the building with Silver Beach Pizza. [3]
It is the smaller, by population, of the two principal cities in the Niles–Benton Harbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, an area with 156,813 people. [5] Benton Harbor and the city of St. Joseph are separated by the St. Joseph River and are known locally as the "Twin Cities". [6]
St. Joseph was first platted in 1829, and the first lighthouse at the site, located on the shore, was built in 1832. Construction began on harbor piers in 1836, and by 1848 a beacon light had been established on the pier. The onshore lighthouse was replaced in 1859, and a new pierhead beacon was constructed on the south pier in 1870.
Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (IATA: BEH, ICAO: KBEH, FAA LID: BEH) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Benton Harbor, a city in Berrien County, Michigan, United States. [1] [2] The airport is owned by the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan. [1]
Turns inland to skirt the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor urban area. Runs east to Kalamazoo. Business Loop 94 passes through downtown Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. BL I-94 – runs through St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. I-196 – from its intersection with I-94 east of Benton Harbor, runs north to Holland, then east to Grand Rapids.
The reorganized company took the name St. Joseph Valley Railway. The new company rebuilt the line to standard gauge and ordered new rolling stock. Passenger service resumed on August 5, 1889. The new investors had intended to extend the line north to Benton Harbor, but the necessary financing fell through. Soon afterwards the line again changed ...