NW Indiana
Lake County
Calumet Township

Griffith

Griffith is a town in North and townships in , , . It is a part of the . The population was 16,420 in 2020.
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  • Type: Town with 16,300 residents
  • Description: town in Calumet and St. John townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Griffith, IN”, “Griffith, Indiana”, and “Griffith, Lake County, Indiana”
  • Postal code: 46319

Places of Interest

Highlights include Griffith-Merrillville Airport and Calumet New Tech High School.

Aerodrome
is a public-use airport two miles east of Griffith, in , , United States. Until 2023, it was privately owned by Griffith Aviation, Inc. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Griffith.

School
, formerly Calumet High School, is a four-year public high school of the Lake Ridge Schools Corporation in unincorporated , , , near the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland and Ross.

Town
Photo: Aneekr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , , . The population was 23,984 at the 2020 census. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910. It is a part of the and North Township, and is surrounded by to the north, to the west, to the south and Griffith to the east. is situated 2 miles northwest of Griffith.

Village
is an unincorporated community in , , . is situated 2½ miles east of Griffith.

Quarter
is a neighborhood located on the far southwest side of . As of 2000, had a population of 4,216, which was 84.7% white. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Griffith.

Griffith

Latitude
41.53451° or 41° 32′ 4″ north
Longitude
-87.42553° or 87° 25′ 32″ west
Population
16,300
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
Named after
Benjamin Griffith
United Nations Location Code
US GYF
Open location code
86HJGHMF+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153455661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4920986
Wiki­data ID
Q591052
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Griffith” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غريفيث”
  • Basque: “Griffith”
  • Catalan: “Griffith”
  • Cebuano: “Griffith”
  • Chechen: “Гриффит”
  • Chinese: “Griffith”
  • Chinese: “格里菲斯 (印地安納州)”
  • Chinese: “格里菲斯”
  • Dutch: “Griffith”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جريفيث”
  • French: “Griffith”
  • German: “Griffith”
  • Gilaki: “گریفیت (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “گریفیت”
  • Haitian: “Griffith, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Griffith”
  • Italian: “Griffith”
  • Ladin: “Griffith”
  • Mazanderani: “جریفیث”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Griffith”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Griffith”
  • Norwegian: “Griffith”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Griffith”
  • Polish: “Griffith”
  • Portuguese: “Griffith”
  • Russian: “Гриффит (Индиана)”
  • Russian: “Гриффит”
  • Serbian: “Griffith”
  • Serbian: “Грифит”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Griffith, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Griffith”
  • Spanish: “Griffith (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Griffith”
  • Swedish: “Griffith, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Griffith”
  • Tatar: “Гриффит”
  • Turkish: “Griffith, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Griffith”
  • Ukrainian: “Гріффіт”
  • Uzbek: “Griffith”
  • Volapük: “Griffith”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Griffith, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Griffith”

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