Three Rivers, Michigan
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- For other uses, see Three Rivers (disambiguation).
Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,328 at the 2000 census.
Three Rivers was the birthplace of CBS television news correspondent Charles Collingwood. Since 1946, it has also been the home of St. Gregory's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery of the Episcopal Church.
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[edit] Name
Three Rivers derives its name from the confluence of the St. Joseph River with its tributaries the Rocky and Portage Rivers.[1]
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.3 km² (4.7 mi²). 11.7 km² (4.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (5.06%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 7,328 people, 2,910 households, and 1,769 families residing in the city. The population density was 627.4/km² (1,625.8/mi²). There were 3,234 housing units at an average density of 276.9/km² (717.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.36% White, 10.55% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.68% Asian, 1.71% from other races, and 2.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.72% of the population.
There were 2,910 households out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.8% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,460, and the median income for a family was $36,272. Males had a median income of $31,849 versus $23,659 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,279. About 16.2% of families and 19.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.5% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Sports
Three Rivers has long been known as a high school football, basketball, and track & field powerhouse. The football and track teams, have dominated the Wolverine Conference for close to 25 years, producing the school's only state titles in football (2003), and track (2000, 2002).
- Joe Gherna of the Minnesota Twins is a graduate of Three Rivers High School.
- Neal Ball, the first player in Major League baseball history to pull off an unassisted triple play, played for Three Rivers's semiprofessional team in 1902.
- Charley and Carl Barth, brothers, are graduates of Three Rivers High School. They both played Division 1-A football at Ball State University and Central Michigan University. Charley was a GTE Academic All-American.
[edit] Summer Camps
Three Rivers, MI is also the home to many summer camps, including Habonim Dror Camp Tavor, the YMCA Camps Eberhart and Wakeshma, as well as the Latvian camp Garezers (Latvian language site).
