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This partial list of city nicknames in Missouri compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Missouri are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
St. Joseph is a city in Andrew and Buchanan counties and the county seat of Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. [3] Located on the Missouri River, it is the principal city of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Buchanan, Andrew, and DeKalb counties in Missouri and Doniphan County, Kansas.
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).
Roman Catholic bishops of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (2 C, 6 P) S. Sportspeople from St. Joseph, Missouri (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "People from St. Joseph, Missouri"
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The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul came to St. Joseph in 1869 and began to operate a school and a hospital. From 1891 to the 1980s they operated St. Joseph's Hospital. The Religious of the Sacred Heart opened St. Joseph's first parochial school in 1901. They were replaced by the Benedictine Sisters of Mt. St. Scholastica in 1920.
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]
St. Joseph Public Library, also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, Public Library, and Board of Education Building, is a historic library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. This library has over 9,000 books. It was designed by the architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934) and built in 1901–1902 in the French Baroque style.