South Bend Government and Population History

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South Bend Government and Population History

Who governed, who served, how many lived here, and the fights.

Government & Population

§ 04South Bend Government: Incorporation, the Mayors and the Acts of the CitySouth Bend governed itself for thirty years before it had a mayor. The town was platted in 1831 as the seat of St. Joseph County, organized under a board of trustees in 1835, and only in the spring of 1865 — in the…18 entry pages § 05South Bend Public Servants: The Council, the Clerks, the Chiefs and Their Lines to Indianapolis and WashingtonThe Government section of this history keeps the mayors — thirty-three of them, whole. But a city is not run by its mayors alone, and for most of South Bend's life it was not even run mainly by them. It was run by the…16 entry pages § 06South Bend Population and Demographics: The Count of the CityEvery other section of this history describes a place; this one counts it. St. Joseph County enters the federal census in 1830, the year of its organization, with 287 people; the town of South Bend was first separately…10 entry pages § 54South Bend City ControversiesEvery city keeps a second record alongside its official one: the episodes its people argued about in courtrooms, council chambers, and the press, where the charge and the answer both survive in writing. This page…7 entry pages § 104The License Branch: The Bureau of Motor Vehicles in South BendThe License Branch · The Bureau of Motor Vehicles in South Bend11 entry pages

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Source: South Bend Government and Population History, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/south-bend/topics/government-population/

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