Hammond

Hammond is a city of some 76,000 people in , —bordering . Most visitors will find themselves passing through or on business, but Chicagoans would do well to include it in a close-in Lake County day…
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  • Type: City with 77,900 residents
  • Description: city in Lake County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Hammond”, “Hammond, IN”, “Hammond, Indiana”, “Hohman”, and “State Line”
  • Postal codes: 46320, 46323-46325, and 46327

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hammond Gateway station and State Street Commercial Historic District.

Railway station
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is a South Shore Line station in Hammond, Indiana. It is the interchange point to the Monon Corridor. opened on October 18, 2024; the previous Hammond station, located nearby, was closed on the same day.

Historic site
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is a national historic district located at Hammond, Indiana. The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hammond.

Community center
is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena located in Hammond, Indiana. The arena opened in 1938. It is well known for hosting various local concerts, and sporting events such WWE Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, mixed martial arts fighting and roller derby, for the area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calumet City and Burnham.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb in the .

Village
is a village in , United States. The population was 4,046 at the 2020 census. has a ZIP code and was named for Telford , who drew its plat.

Neighborhood
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is a national historic district located at Hammond, Indiana. The district encompasses 108 contributing buildings in an exclusively residential section of Hammond.

Hammond

Latitude
41.6174° or 41° 37′ 3″ north
Longitude
-87.522° or 87° 31′ 19″ west
Population
77,900
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Named after
George Henry Hammond
United Nations Location Code
US HMN
Open location code
86HJJF8H+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153680396
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4921100
Wiki­data ID
Q856860
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Hammond” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Afrikaans: “Hammond”
  • Arabic: “هاموند”
  • Armenian: “Համոնդ”
  • Basque: “Hammond”
  • Belarusian: “Хаманд”
  • Bengali: “হ্যামন্ড, ইন্ডিয়ানা”
  • Catalan: “Hammond”
  • Cebuano: “Hammond”
  • Chechen: “Гаммонд”
  • Chinese: “Hammond”
  • Chinese: “哈蒙德”
  • Czech: “Hammond”
  • Dagbani: “Hammond”
  • Danish: “Hammond”
  • Dutch: “Hammond”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هاموند”
  • French: “Hammond”
  • German: “Hammond”
  • Gilaki: “همؤند (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “همؤند”
  • Greek: “Χάμοντ”
  • Haitian: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Haitian: “Hammond”
  • Hebrew: “האמונד”
  • Hindi: “हैमंड, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “हैमंड”
  • Hungarian: “Hammond”
  • Ido: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Ido: “Hammond”
  • Irish: “Hammond”
  • Italian: “Hammond”
  • Japanese: “ハモンド”
  • Kashmiri: “ہیمٔنٛڈ، اِنٛڈیانا”
  • Kashmiri: “ہیمٔنٛڈ”
  • Korean: “해먼드”
  • Ladin: “Hammond”
  • Malagasy: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Malagasy: “Hammond”
  • Mazanderani: “هموند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hammond”
  • Moksha: “Гаммонд”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hammond”
  • Norwegian: “Hammond”
  • Persian: “هموند، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “هموند”
  • Polish: “Hammond”
  • Portuguese: “Hammond”
  • Russian: “Хаммонд”
  • Serbian: “Hammond”
  • Serbian: “Хамонд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hammond”
  • Silesian: “Hammond”
  • Slovak: “Hammond”
  • Slovenian: “Hammond”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هموند، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Hammond (Indiana)”
  • Spanish: “Hammond”
  • Swedish: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Swedish: “Hammond”
  • Tatar: “Гаммонд”
  • Turkish: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Hammond”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаммонд”
  • Urdu: “ہیمونڈ، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “ہیمونڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Hammond”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳаммонд”
  • Volapük: “Hammond”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hammond”
  • Welsh: “Hammond, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Hammond”
  • “Hammond”

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