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The St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties - three in northwest Missouri (Andrew, Buchanan, and DeKalb) and one in northeast Kansas - anchored by the city of St. Joseph, comprising a total area of 1,673.93 square miles (4,335.5 km 2).
As of the 2020 census, St. Joseph had a total population of 72,473, making it the 8th most populous city in the state, and the 3rd most populous in Northwest Missouri. [4] St. Joseph is located roughly thirty miles north of the Kansas City, Missouri , city limits and approximately 125 miles (201 km) south of Omaha, Nebraska .
Mount Mora Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in St. Joseph, Missouri. Among those who are buried in the cemetery are three governors, a U.S. senator, soldiers from both sides in the American Civil War and riders of the Pony Express. [2] In October 2006, several headstones including that of Missouri governor Silas Woodson were damaged by ...
The News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) is a media company based in St. Joseph, Missouri, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family.It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley, and Kit Bradley serving on its board of directors.
The St. Joseph News-Press is a daily morning newspaper based in St. Joseph, Missouri. It is the flagship publication of the News-Press & Gazette Company , which owns newspapers across northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas , and television and radio stations throughout the western United States .
Other notable buildings include the Ballinger Building (1889), Commerce Building (1889, 1941), First National Bank of St. Joseph (1902, 1963), Lehman's, Plymouth Building (1908), and the United Building (1917-1918) by the architecture firm of Eckel & Aldrich. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of St. Joseph. It developed between about 1888 and 1938, and includes representative examples of Italianate , Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , Tudor Revival , and American Craftsman style architecture.
The St. Joseph Gazette was a newspaper in St. Joseph, Missouri from October 1845 until June 30, 1988, when its morning position was taken over by its sister paper, the St. Joseph News-Press. [ 1 ] It was the only newspaper delivered to the West Coast on the first ride of the Pony Express in 1860.