Cass County, Michigan
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Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 51,589. Its county seat is Cassopolis.
Cass County Courthouse in Cassopolis
Dowagiac Depot
Lake Driskel in Jones, an unincorporated community in Cass County
The St. Joseph River is a tributary of Lake Michigan with a length of 206 miles (332 km). The river flows in a generally westerly direction through southern Michigan and northern Indiana, United States, to its terminus on the southeast shore of the lake. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Michigan. It was enormously important to Native Americans and greatly aided in the colonial exploration, settlement and administration of New France and the nascent United States as a canoe route between Lake Michigan and the watershed of the Mississippi River.
St. Joseph River flowing west from Elkhart (top) through Osceola (middle) and into Mishawaka (bottom).
The St. Joseph River flows through downtown South Bend, Indiana. The abrupt turn of the river gives the city its name.
East Race Waterway
The St. Joe River widens as it flows west through Elkhart.