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Berrien County, Michigan

Berrien County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Saint Joseph
Year Organized: 1829
Square Miles: 571
Court House:

811 Port Street
County Courthouse
Saint Joseph, MI 49085-1183

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for the Hon. John M. Berrien, Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Named for the Hon. John M. Berrien, Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson

The Cabinet counties of the US state of Michigan are those named after President Andrew Jackson and people who served in his Cabinet.

Set Off: 1829

Organized: 1831

Neighboring Counties:

  • Van Buren County (northeast)
  • Cass County (east)
  • St. Joseph County, Indiana (southeast)
  • La Porte County, Indiana (southwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Bainbridge township
- Baroda village Incorporated Area
- Benton charter township
- Benton Harbor city Incorporated Area
- Berrien township
- Berrien Springs village Incorporated Area
- Bertrand township
- Bridgman city Incorporated Area
- Buchanan city Incorporated Area
- Chikaming township
- Coloma city Incorporated Area
- Coloma charter township
- Eau Claire village Incorporated Area
- Galien village Incorporated Area
- Grand Beach village Incorporated Area
- Hagar township
- Lake charter township
- Lincoln charter township
- Michiana village Incorporated Area
- New Buffalo city Incorporated Area
- Niles city Incorporated Area
- Oronoko charter township
- Pipestone township
- Riverside township
- Royalton township
- Shoreham village Incorporated Area
- Sodus township
- St. Joseph (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- St. Joseph charter township
- Stevensville village Incorporated Area
- Three Oaks village Incorporated Area
- Watervliet city Incorporated Area
- Weesaw township

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 
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