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Marktown

Marktown is an urban planned worker community in , United States, built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Calumet College of Saint Joseph and Ameristar Casino East Chicago.

College
Calumet College of St. Joseph is a private Catholic college in , United States. It was founded in 1951 as an extension of Saint Joseph's College and is associated with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Marktown.

Casino
Photo: Paulmcdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ameristar Casino Hotel East Chicago is a riverboat casino in , docked at Indiana Harbor on . It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. is situated 2 miles east of Marktown.

Movie theater
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is a historic theatre and attached commercial / residential building located at . It was built in 1924, and is a three-story, rectangular, brown brick building. is situated 2 miles northwest of Marktown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Harbor and New Addition.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in northeastern . It constitutes the portion of the section north of 138th Street. The neighborhood is home to one of the highest concentrations of affordable housing in the United States.

Neighborhood
, also called West Harbor, is a small triangular neighborhood in the section of , west of Kennedy Avenue, east of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and north of United States Route 12.

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is a city in , , and a suburb of . had its start in 1893, and, with the arrival of Inland Steel in 1903, it soon became the most industrialized city in America, with some 80% of the area relegated to heavy industry.

Marktown

Latitude
41.6592° or 41° 39′ 33″ north
Longitude
-87.46754° or 87° 28′ 3″ west
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Open location code
86HJMG5J+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358682547
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­district
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4923234
Wiki­data ID
Q6771415
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mark Town Park and Indiana Harbor West Power Plant.

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