Calumet

Calumet is the portion of located east of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and south of Chicago Avenue. The neighborhood is bisected by the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include East Chicago station and USS Lead Superfund Site.

Railway station
Photo: liz bustamante, CC BY 2.0.
East Chicago is a train station at 5615 Indianapolis Boulevard in . It serves the South Shore Line commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois to .

The U.S. Smelting and Lead Refinery Inc. site, commonly known as USS Lead, is a superfund site located in East Chicago, which is located in northwest .

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 2½ miles northeast of Calumet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Washington Park and Southside.

Neighborhood
or Park Addition is a neighborhood in the section of , near the city park with which it shares its name. It is bounded on the north by U.S. Route 12, and on the south by 144th Street.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or South Side is a neighborhood in western . Together with and , it makes up "East Chicago proper," as distinct from .

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.

Calumet

Latitude
41.62658° or 41° 37′ 36″ north
Longitude
-87.46399° or 87° 27′ 50″ west
Open location code
86HJJGGP+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4389822866
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q48840582
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Calumet” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Calumet”

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