| DATE EFFECTIVE | VILLAGE NAME | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-1829 | Wolf's Prairie | Settled by an Indian chief named Wolf. |
| 1829 | Wolf's Prairie | One of first settlers, John Pike settled at Shaker farm (on west bank of St. Joseph River). |
| 1829 | Wolf's Prairie | George Kimmel (Sommest Co., PA) purchased 200 acres, settled two years later. |
| 1831 | Wolf's Prairie | George Kimmel purchased the Shaker farm, was a great land owner, 10,000 acres in MI. |
| 1831 | Wolf's Prairie | Pitt Brown (Sandusky, OH) was first post master and commanded the SS Davy Crockett which ran between Wolf's Prairie and St. Joseph. First tavern. |
| 1831 | Berrien | Platted in 1831, named Berrien after John M. Berrien, President Andrew Jackson's U. S. Attorney General. |
| 1832 | Berrien | First steamer to reach Berrien from St. Joseph. |
| 1835 | Berrien | R.E. Ward (Albany, NY) & Pitt Brown, partners in distillery. |
| 1837 | Berrien | Designated as the Berrien County seat. |
| 1838 | Berrien | Jas. Watson, engineer, worked at distillery and then on the river craft of Davy Crockett, Matilda Barney, Pocahonis, Indiana, Agoma, and the Niles. |
| 1840 | Berrien Springs | R.E. Ward is said to have christened the village Berrien Springs because of the number of natural sulpher and medicinal springs east of the St. Joseph River. Post Office changed name to Berrien Springs. |
| 1863 | Village of Berrien Springs | Was incorporated as a village. |