St Joseph, Missouri, USA
1895 - Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph, a city of Missouri, the capital of Buchanan co., is situated on the left (E.) bank of the Missouri River, about 98 miles above Kansas City, and 33 miles by land N. of Leavenworth. By railroad it is 206 miles W. of Hannibal, 68 miles N.N.W. of Kansas City, and 133 miles S.S.E. of Omaha. It is the third city of the state in population and second in commerce and manufactures, being outranked in the latter only by St. Louis. St. Joseph is said to be among the wealthiest cities of its population in the United States. It is an important railroad centre, being the W. terminus of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and the E. terminus of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Rail. road. Other railroads which converge here are the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the Chicago Great Western, and the St. Joseph Terminal...

Pop. in 1870, 19,565; in 1880, 32,431; in 1890, 52,324; in 1895 (estimated), 61,000.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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