VFW Post
VFW Post is a community center in North Township, Lake County, Indiana which is located on Kennedy Avenue. VFW Post is situated nearby to the hamlet Hessville, as well as near Saint Marys Cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Community center
- Also known as: “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States”, “VFW”, and “VFW Post 7881”
- Address: 6831 Kennedy Avenue, Hammond, IN 46323
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carlson Oxbow Park and East Chicago station.
Carlson Oxbow Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Markringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carlson Oxbow Park is an 89 acres nature park located in the Hessville neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana, along the north bank of the Little Calumet River and immediately south of the Borman Expressway.
East Chicago station
Railway station
Photo: liz bustamante, CC BY 2.0.
East Chicago is a train station at 5615 Indianapolis Boulevard in East Chicago, Indiana. It serves the South Shore Line commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois to South Bend, Indiana. East Chicago station is situated 2 miles northwest of VFW Post.
Morton Senior High School
School
Oliver P. Morton High School is a public secondary school located in Hammond, Indiana, United States. It is part of the School City of Hammond district. Morton Senior High School is situated 1¼ miles east of VFW Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hessville and Woodmar.
Hessville
Hamlet
Hessville is a neighborhood of Hammond, Indiana. Located in the southeast corner of Hammond, it adjoins the Hammond neighborhood of Woodmar to the west, the East Chicago neighborhood of Calumet to the north, the Gary neighborhoods of Westside and Black Oak to the east, and the town of Highland to the south.
Woodmar
Neighborhood
Woodmar is a neighborhood in southeast Hammond, Indiana, approximately between Columbia and Kennedy Avenues. It is bounded to the east by Hessville, to the west by South Hammond, to the north by industrial land along United States Route 20, and to the south by the town of Highland.
Schleicher
Neighborhood
Schleicher is a small neighborhood in the southern portion of Hammond, IN. It is south of I-80/94, with US Route 41 bordering it to the east, Columbia AVE to the west, and the Little Calumet River to the south, separating Hammond from Munster, IN. Schleicher is situated 2 miles southwest of VFW Post.
VFW Post
- Categories: building and retail building
- Location: North Township, Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.58952° or 41° 35′ 22″ northLongitude
-87.46138° or 87° 27′ 41″ westOpen location code
86HJHGQQ+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1359710989OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=social_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=retail
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