Michiana

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Michiana is an informal region in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan centered around the city of South Bend, Indiana. The population as of the 2000 census was 983,929 (770,372 in Indiana and 213,557 in Michigan). The name is a portmanteau of "Michigan" and "Indiana", and was chosen as the winning entry in a contest to name the area held by the South Bend Tribune in the early 20th Century. The term is frequently used throughout the area, particularly by local radio and television stations based in South Bend that serve the entire area, but also by businesses that seek to draw customers from Indiana into Michigan or vice versa. There is not, of course, any government or legal standing as "Michiana."

Cities, Towns and Villages

The St. Joseph River flows through the heart of Michiana, southwest from Michigan to Indiana, west through Mishawaka (shown), turning north at South Bend, back into Michigan through Niles to Lake Michigan at St. Joseph.

South Bend's downtown, with Notre Dame in the upper right.

Historic Kosciusko County courthouse building in Warsaw.

Counties

Michiana covers all or parts of the following 11 counties in Indiana and Michigan:

Features

College Football Hall of Fame (South Bend, Indiana)
Fort St. Joseph Museum (Niles, Michigan)
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana University South Bend
Kingsbury State Fish and Wildlife Area (Indiana)
LaPorte County Historical Society Museum (Indiana)
Northern Indiana Center for History (South Bend, Indiana)
Old Lighthouse Museum (Michigan City, Indiana)
Potato Creek State Park (Indiana)
Studebaker National Museum (South Bend, Indiana)
Warren Dunes State Park (Michigan)
University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
South Bend Regional Airport

	State of Michigan
Capital	Lansing
State Government	Governor - Legislature - Supreme Court
Regions	Upper Peninsula: Copper Country \| Keweenaw Peninsula Lower Peninsula: Central Michigan \| Metro Detroit \| Michiana \| Northern Michigan \| The Thumb \| Southern Michigan \| Western Michigan
Counties	Alcona \| Alger \| Allegan \| Alpena \| Antrim \| Arenac \| Baraga \| Barry \| Bay \| Benzie \| Berrien \| Branch \| Calhoun \| Cass \| Charlevoix \| Cheboygan \| Chippewa \| Clare \| Clinton \| Crawford \| Delta \| Dickinson \| Eaton \| Emmet \| Genesee \| Gladwin \| Gogebic \| Grand Traverse \| Gratiot \| Hillsdale \| Houghton \| Huron \| Ingham \| Ionia \| Iosco \| Iron \| Isabella \| Jackson \| Kalamazoo \| Kalkaska \| Kent \| Keweenaw \| Lake \| Lapeer \| Leelanau \| Lenawee \| Livingston \| Luce \| Mackinac \| Macomb \| Manistee \| Marquette \| Mason \| Mecosta \| Menominee \| Midland \| Missaukee \| Monroe \| Montcalm \| Montmorency \| Muskegon \| Newaygo \| Oakland \| Oceana \| Ogemaw \| Ontonagon \| Osceola \| Oscoda \| Otsego \| Ottawa \| Presque Isle \| Roscommon \| Saginaw \| Sanilac \| Schoolcraft \| Shiawassee \| St. Clair \| St. Joseph \| Tuscola \| Van Buren \| Washtenaw \| Wayne \| Wexford
Largest Urban Places	Ann Arbor \| Battle Creek \| Bay City \| Canton \| Clinton Township \| Dearborn \| Detroit \| Flint \| Grand Rapids \| Kalamazoo \| Lansing \| Livonia \| Midland \| Pontiac \| Rochester Hills \| Saginaw \| Shelby \| Southfield \| Sterling Heights \| Taylor \| Troy \| Warren \| West Bloomfield \| Westland

Regions
State of Indiana
Michiana \| Nine-County Region \| Northern Indiana \| Northwest Indiana \| Southern Indiana \| Wabash Valley
Largest cities
Anderson \| Bloomington \| Carmel \| Columbus \| East Chicago \| Elkhart \| Evansville \| Fishers \| Fort Wayne \| Gary \| Goshen \| Greenwood \| Hammond \| Indianapolis \| Jeffersonville \| Kokomo \| Lafayette \| Lawrence \| Marion \| Merrillville \| Michigan City \| Mishawaka \| Muncie \| New Albany \| Noblesville \| Portage \| Richmond \| South Bend \| Terre Haute \| Valparaiso \| West Lafayette
Counties
Adams \| Allen \| Bartholomew \| Benton \| Blackford \| Boone \| Brown \| Carroll \| Cass \| Clark \| Clay \| Clinton \| Crawford \| Daviess \| De Kalb \| Dearborn \| Decatur \| Delaware \| Dubois \| Elkhart \| Fayette \| Floyd \| Fountain \| Franklin \| Fulton \| Gibson \| Grant \| Greene \| Hamilton \| Hancock \| Harrison \| Hendricks \| Henry \| Howard \| Huntington \| Jackson \| Jasper \| Jay \| Jefferson \| Jennings \| Johnson \| Knox \| Kosciusko \| Lagrange \| Lake \| LaPorte \| Lawrence \| Madison \| Marion \| Marshall \| Martin \| Miami \| Monroe \| Montgomery \| Morgan \| Newton \| Noble \| Ohio \| Orange \| Owen \| Parke \| Perry \| Pike \| Porter \| Posey \| Pulaski \| Putnam \| Randolph \| Ripley \| Rush \| Saint Joseph \| Scott \| Shelby \| Spencer \| Starke \| Steuben \| Sullivan \| Switzerland \| Tippecanoe \| Tipton \| Union \| Vanderburgh \| Vermillion \| Vigo \| Wabash \| Warren \| Warrick \| Washington \| Wayne \| Wells \| White \| Whitley

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