South Bend, capital of St Joseph county, Indiana, on the St Joseph River (navigable for small steamers), 86 miles by rail ESE. of Chicago. It contains a Roman Catholic university and academies, and has large manufactories of wagons, agricultural implements, furniture, woollens, paper, flour, &c. Pop. (1880) 13,280; (1890) 21,819.
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