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State MICHIGAN BENTON HARBOR (airport) (regional info) Comfort Suites Benton Harbor Courtyard By Marriott Benton Harbor ECONOMY INN ST JOSEPH Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Benton Harbor Howard Johnson Benton Harbor Knights Inn Benton Harbor RED ROOF INN BENTON HARBOR Rodeway Inn Benton Harbor Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. State of Michigan. The population was 11,182 at time of the 2000 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the administrative home of Whirlpool Corporation which acquired the Maytag Corporation in 2006, making it the world's largest producer of home appliances. Sites of interest are Shiloh House, built in 1910 served as the administration building and men's dormitory for the House of David colony, a communal religious group; Morton House (on Morton Hill) built in 1849 by Eleazar Morton, which now houses a museum; nearby Sarett Nature Center, a 300-acre wildlife sanctuary which offers trails, an interpretative building, and classes, and Jean Klock Beach Park on Lake Michigan. Near Benton Harbor is a large fruit market which replaced the prior fruit market located in the "flats" area of Benton Harbor which was torn down during an urban renewal project during the 1960's. Benton Harbor and the City of St. Joseph (which is located across the St. Joseph River) are known locally as the "Twin Cities." Fair Plain and Benton Heights are unincorporated areas adjacent to Benton Harbor. read full wikipedia reference about Benton Harbour, Michigan OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN MICHIGANAnn Arbor Auburn Hills Battle Creek Bay City Benton Harbor Birch Run Cadillac Canton Charlevoix Coldwater Dearborn Detroit East Lansing Farmington Hills Flint Grand Rapids Holland Iron Mountain Jackson Kalamazoo Lansing Livonia Mackinaw City Madison Heights Marquette Midland Monroe Mount Pleasant Muskegon Novi Petoskey Port Huron Romulus Roseville Saginaw Sault Ste Marie Southfield St. Ignace Sterling Heights Taylor Traverse Troy Warren |
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