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

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• Bass Lake, Indiana
• Baroda, Michigan
• Benton Harbor, Michigan
• Berrien Springs, Michigan
• Bourbon, Indiana
• Bremen, Indiana
• Bridgman, Michigan
• Bristol, Indiana
• Buchanan, Michigan
• Cassopolis, Michigan
• Centreville, Michigan
• Culver, Indiana
• Dowagiac, Michigan
• Eau Claire, Michigan
• Edwardsburg, Michigan
• Elkhart, Indiana
• Galien, Michigan
• Goshen, Indiana
• Grand Beach, Michigan
• Granger, Indiana
• Kingsbury, Indiana
• Knox, Indiana
• Koontz Lake, Indiana
• Lakeville, Indiana
• Lagrange, Indiana
• La Paz, Indiana
• La Porte, Indiana
• Mendon, Michigan
• Michiana, Michigan
• Michiana Shores, Indiana
• Michigan City, Indiana
• Middlebury, Indiana
• Mishawaka, Indiana
• Nappanee, Indiana
• New Buffalo, Michigan
• New Carlisle, Indiana
• Niles, Michigan
• North Judson, Indiana
• North Liberty, Indiana
• Osceola, Indiana
• Plymouth, Indiana
• Rochester, Indiana
• Shipshewana, Indiana
• South Bend, Indiana
• St. Joseph, Michigan
• Syracuse, Indiana
• Three Oaks, Michigan
• Three Rivers, Michigan
• Wakarusa, Indiana
• Warsaw, Indiana
• Westville, Indiana
• Winamac, Indiana
• Walkerton, Indiana

Counties

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

• Berrien County, Michigan
• Cass County, Michigan
• Elkhart County, Indiana
• Fulton County, Indiana
• Kosciusko County, Indiana
• Lagrange County, Indiana
• La Porte County, Indiana
• Marshall County, Indiana
• Pulaski County, Indiana
• St. Joseph County, Indiana
• Starke County, Indiana

Features

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• 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

Geography of Indiana | Geography of Michigan | Geographic portmanteaus