Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor
a city in SW Michigan, on Lake Michigan. 14,707.

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 city, Berrien county, southwestern Michigan, U.S. It lies on Lake Michigan (Michigan, Lake) near the mouth of the St. Joseph River (Saint Joseph River), opposite its twin city of St. Joseph (Saint Joseph), 50 miles (80 km) west-southwest of Kalamazoo. Originally called Brunson Harbor and a part of St. Joseph, it was renamed for Thomas Hart Benton (Benton, Thomas Hart), a Missouri senator who had supported statehood for Michigan, and it was separately incorporated as a village in 1869, following a disagreement over bridging the river. The Israelite House of David, a religious sect, established a colony there in 1903. The city is also the site of Lake Michigan College (1946), a two-year institution, as well as a branch of Siena Heights University (1982).

      Benton Harbor grew as a marketing and trucking centre for Michigan's fruit belt, a centre of industry, and the hub of a popular tourist region. In the 1960s and '70s, however, the city's manufacturing base and its population declined sharply. By the mid-1980s most businesses in the downtown area had closed, but a downtown revitalization project starting in the late 1990s succeeded in attracting some businesses and residents back to the area. Inc. city, 1891. Pop. (2000) city, 11,182; Niles–Benton Harbor MSA, 162,453; (2005 est.) city, 10,749; Niles–Benton Harbor MSA, 162,611.

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