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Coordinates: 413640N 872935W

Hammond, Indiana
Hammond /hmnd/ is a city in Lake County, Indiana,
United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Hammond, Indiana
First settled in the mid-19th century, it is one of the oldest City
cities of northern Lake County. As of the 2010 United
City of Hammond
States census, it is also the largest in population: the 2010
population was 80,830, replacing Gary as the most
populous city in Lake County. From north to south,
Hammond runs from Lake Michigan down to the Little
Calumet River; from east to west along its southern
border, it runs from the Illinois state line to Cline Avenue.
The city is traversed by numerous railroads and
expressways, including the South Shore Line, Borman
Expressway, and Indiana Toll Road.

Notable local landmarks include the parkland around

Wolf Lake and the Horseshoe Hammond riverboat
casino. Part of the Rust Belt, Hammond has been
industrial almost from its inception, but is also home to a
Purdue University campus and numerous historic Flag

districts that showcase the residential and commercial

architecture of the early 20th century.

Contents
Geography
Lakes and rivers
Adjacent cities, towns and villages
Demographics
2010 census
2000 census Location of Hammond in Lake County, Indiana.
Neighborhoods Coordinates: 413640N 872935W
Infrastructure
Country United States
Transportation
Public transportation
State Indiana
County Lake
Medical centers and hospitals
Township North
Utilities
Settled 1847
History
National Register of Historic Places Incorporated (town) December 4, 1883[1]
Incorporated (city) April 21, 1884[1]
Major businesses
Named for George H. Hammond
Education
School City of Hammond Government[3]

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Privately owned and operated schools Type Mayor-Council

Colleges and universities Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. (D)
Public libraries
City Council Members
City government City Clerk Robert J. Golec (D)
List of mayors City Judge Amy L. Jorgensen (R)[2]
Sports Area[4]
The Hammond Pros (19201924) Total 24.89 sq mi (64.46 km2)
Notable people Land 22.77 sq mi (58.97 km2)
Sister city
Water 2.12 sq mi (5.49 km2)

References Elevation 577610 ft (176186 m)

External links Population (2010)[5]
Total 80,830
Estimate (2016)[6] 77,134
Density 3,387.83/sq mi (1,308.03/km2)
Geography
Standard of living (200812)[5]
Hammond is located at 413640N 872935W Per capita $18,148
(41.611185, 87.493080).[10] income
Median home $94,800
The city's elevation above sea level ranges from 577 feet value
(176 m) to 610 feet (186 m). The city sits within the
Time zone Central (UTC-6)
boundaries of the former Lake Chicago, and much of its
Summer (DST) Central (UTC-5)
land area consists of former dune and swale terrain that
ZIP codes 46320, 46323-25, 46327
was subsequently leveled. Most of the city is on sandy soil
Area code 219
with a layer of black topsoil that varies from non-existent
to several feet (a meter or more) thick. Much of the
FIPS code 18-31000[7]
exposed sand was removed for purposes such as
GNIS feature ID 0435658[8]
industrial use to make concrete and glass. According to Interstates
the 2010 census, Hammond has a total area of 24.886
square miles (64.45 km2), of which 22.78 square miles
U.S. Routes
(59.00 km2) (or 91.54%) is land and 2.106 square miles
(5.45 km2) (or 8.46%) is water.[11]
State Roads

Lakes and rivers

Waterways Grand Calumet River
Grand Calumet River (partial)
Lake George Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan (partial)
Little Calumet River (partial)
Amtrak station Hammond-Whiting
Oxbow Lake
Wolf Lake (partial)
South Shore Line Hammond
station
Adjacent cities, towns and villages Website www.gohammond.com (http://
Illinois Lansing www.gohammond.com/)
Indiana
Burnham Demographics (2010)[9]
Calumet City East Chicago White Black Asian
Chicago Gary
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Griffith Munster 59.4% 22.5% 1.0%

Highland Whiting Hispanic
Islander Native Other
(any race)
0.0% 0.5% 16.6% 34.1%
Demographics

2010 census
As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 80,830 people, 29,949 households, and
19,222 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,548.3
inhabitants per square mile (1,370.0/km2). There were 32,945 housing units at
an average density of 1,446.2 per square mile (558.4/km2). The racial makeup
of the city was 59.4% White, 22.5% African American, 0.5% Native American,
1.0% Asian, 13.3% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.1% of the population.

Welcome to Hammond
There were 29,949 households of which 36.2% had children under the age of
18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 19.7% had a
female householder with no husband present, 7.5% had a male householder with
Historical population
no wife present, and 35.8% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were
made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of Census Pop. %
age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 1880 699
3.36. 1890 5,284 655.9%
1900 12,376 134.2%
The median age in the city was 33.3 years. 27.6% of residents were under the age 1910 20,925 69.1%
of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.3% were from 25 to 44; 1920 36,004 72.1%
24.2% were from 45 to 64; and 10.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender 1930 65,559 82.1%
makeup of the city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. 1940 70,183 7.1%
1950 87,595 24.8%
1960 111,698 27.5%
2000 census
1970 107,983 3.3%
As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 83,048 people, 32,026 households and 1980 91,985 14.8%
20,880 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,630.0 per 1990 84,236 8.4%
square mile (1,401.4/km). There were 34,139 housing units at an average density 2000 83,048 1.4%
of 1,492.2 per square mile (576.1/km). The racial makeup of the city was 72.35% 2010 80,830 2.7%
White, 14.57% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.08% Est. 2016 77,134 [6] 4.6%
Pacific Islander, 9.32% from other races, and 2.81% from two or more races. U.S. Decennial Census[12]
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.04% of the population.

There were 32,026 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married
couples living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 29.7% of
all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The
average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the city, the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 19.8%
from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there
were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

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The median income for a household in the city was $35,528, and the median income for a family was $42,221. Males had a
median income of $35,778 versus $25,180 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,254. About 12.0% of
families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those
age 65 or over.

Neighborhoods
Central Hammond
Hessville
North Hammond
Robertsdale
South Hammond
Woodmar

Infrastructure

Transportation
Most of Hammond's streets are laid out in a grid pattern similar to Chicago's
streets. While Madison Street in Chicago acts as the reference point for north-
south street numbering the first "1" is removed; this makes what would be a
five digit address number in Illinois into a four digit address number in
Hammond. The state line is used as the reference point for east-west street
numbering.

Other cities and towns in Northwest Indiana that use the Hammond
numbering system are Whiting, Munster and Highland. Dyer also uses the
Borman Expressway
Hammond numbering system but the first number removed from the north-
south streets is a "2," as by that point the Illinois numbers across the state line
start with the number 2 (Munster's street numbers start with a "1" north of the Dyer line, making them 5 digits); and East
Chicago uses the canal located in the middle of the city as the east-west reference point, while embodying Hammond's
numbering system for the north-south streets.

I-90 Indiana Toll Road, exits:

Calumet Avenue U.S. 41

Cline Avenue State Road 912
Indianapolis Boulevard U.S. 12/20/41

I-80/94 Borman Expressway, exits:

Calumet Avenue U.S. 41 North

Cline Avenue State Road 912
Indianapolis Boulevard U.S. 41 South/State Road 152
Kennedy Avenue

Public transportation

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The South Shore Line, a Chicago to South Bend, Indiana commuter rail line, has a station on Hohman Avenue. It is
operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides twice-daily service in both directions, operating its Wolverine
through the HammondWhiting station between Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan, just north of Detroit. Baggage on
Amtrak cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases in addition to any "personal items" such as
briefcases, purses, laptop bags and infant equipment are allowed on board as carry-ons.

The nearest commercial airport is Chicago Midway International Airport about 25 miles away in Chicago.

Bus transit was provided by the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority, which assumed responsibility from the city's
Hammond Transit System in 2010, establishing EasyGo Lake Transit system in its place.[13] All EasyGo buses were
discontinued on June 30, 2012 due to a lack of funding.[14] In addition, Pace routes 350 and 364 and GPTC Tri-City
Connection Route 12 from Gary, Indiana stop at Hammond's Dan Rabin Transit Plaza.

Medical centers and hospitals

The only hospital in Hammond is Franciscan St. Margaret Health on Stateline Road, across the street from Calumet City,
Illinois. It is an accredited chest pain center serving Northwest Indiana and the south suburbs of Chicago. The hospital
was founded in late 1898 and was originally called St. Margaret Hospital, later merging with Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital
in Dyer, Indiana, in the 1990s and was part of the former Sisters of St. Francis Health Services.

Utilities
Electricity and Natural gas Nearly all of the electricity and natural gas
used in Hammond is produced by NIPSCO, a NiSource company.
Water Water service for nearly all consumers of water in the city is
provided by the Hammond Water Department, a state-owned utility that is
operated by the civil city government.

History
The first permanent residents arrived around 1847 to settle on land between
the Grand and Little Calumet rivers, on the south end of Lake Michigan. Those Former State Line Generating Plant
first residents were German farmers newly arrived from Europe looking for in Robertsdale
land and opportunity. Before that time, the area was a crossroad for Indian
tribes, explorers, stagecoach lines and supply lines to the West. Convenient
location and abundant fresh water from Lake Michigan led to the beginning of Hammond's industrialization in 1869 with
the George H. Hammond Company meat-packing plant following merchants and farmers to the area. Hammond was
incorporated on April 21, 1884, and was named after the Detroit butcher.[15] Hammond is one of the oldest cities in Lake
County, with Crown Point being the oldest, established in 1834. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, George Henry
Hammond, a pioneer in the use of refrigerated railcars for the transport of fresh meat, first used this method with his
small packing company in Detroit, Michigan. In 1868, Hammond received a patent for a refrigerator car design. In the
early 1870s, he built a new plant in northern Indiana along the tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad. By 1873, the
George H. Hammond Co. was selling $1 million worth of meat a year; by 1875, sales were nearly $2 million. The
company's large packing house in Hammondthe town had taken the name of its most powerful residentrivaled those
located at the Union Stock Yard in Chicago. By the middle of the 1880s, when it built a new plant in Omaha, Nebraska,

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Hammond was slaughtering over 100,000 cattle a year and owned a fleet of 800 refrigerator cars. After Hammond died in
1886, the company became less important and no longer challenged the giant Chicago packers, who acquired Hammond
at the turn of the century and merged it into their National Packing Co.

On June 22, 1918, the Hammond circus train wreck occurred about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of the city, killing 86 and
injuring 127 persons.

According to the 1960 U.S. Census Hammond's population reached a record high of 111,698 residents.[16]

National Register of Historic Places

The following single properties and national historic districts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

Morse Dell Plain House and Garden

Forest-Ivanhoe Residential Historic District
Forest-Moraine Residential Historic District
Forest-Southview Residential Historic District
Glendale Park Historic District
Hohman Avenue Commercial Historic District
Indi-Illi Park Historic District
Northern States Life Insurance Company
Pullman-Standard Historic District
Roselawn-Forest Heights Historic District
Southmoor Apartment Hotel
State Bank of Hammond Building
State Street Commercial Historic District
George John Wolf House

Major businesses
According to the city, those businesses employing 200 or more employees in
Hammond are:[17]

Horseshoe Casino

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# Employer # of employees
1 School City of Hammond 2,418
2 Horseshoe Casino 2,094
3 St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare 1,588
4 Lear Seating Corporation 783
5 City of Hammond 760
6 Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 756
7 Walmart 531
8 Contract Services Group 300
9 Strack and Van Til 284
10 Cargill 256
11 Unilever 252
12 Morrison Construction Company 235
13 Cabela's 214

Education

School City of Hammond

Hammond is served by the School City of Hammond, a school corporation under Indiana state law that is independent of
the civil city.

High schools

Area Career Center

George Rogers Clark High School
Gavit High School
Hammond High School
Morton High School
Middle schools

George Rogers Clark Middle School

Henry W. Eggers Middle School
Gavit Middle School
Scott Middle School
Elementary schools

Columbia Elementary School

Edison Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Warren G. Harding Elementary School
Joseph Hess Elementary School
Washington Irving Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Kenwood Elementary School
Lafayette Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
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Maywood Elementary School

Morton Elementary School
Frank O'Bannon Elementary School
Lew Wallace Elementary School
Charter schools

Hammond Academy of Science and Technology (612)

Privately owned and operated schools

Bishop Noll Institute (high school)
Bishop Noll Prep Academy (Junior High)
City Baptist High School [18]
Hazel Young Academy
Montessori Children's Schoolhouse
St. Casimir (elementary school)
St. Catherine of Siena (elementary school)
St. John Bosco (elementary school)
St. John the Baptist (elementary school)

Colleges and universities

Calumet College of St. Joseph
Kaplan University
Purdue University Northwest

Public libraries
Hammond Public Library, located at 564 State Street, includes the Suzanne G. Long Local History Room. The system used
to operate the E.B. Hayward Branch at 1212 172nd Street and the Howard Branch at 7047 Grand Avenue. Both branches
have since been closed.[19]

City government
Hammond is incorporated as a city under Indiana law. It therefore has a mayor and a nine-member city council.
Hammond's City Hall is located at 5925 Calumet Avenue (https://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=5925+Calumet+Av
enue,+46320). The Hammond City Council has meetings scheduled for the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

The city maintains a city court on the second floor of the City Hall,[20] exercising a limited jurisdiction within Lake County.
The court handles not only local ordinance violations and certain minor criminal matters, but also a significant portion of
the debt collection and eviction actions brought in Lake County.

City Council: [3] Mayor: [3]

Janet Venecz (D, At Large), President Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. (D)

Robert A. Markovich (D, At Large) City Officials: [3]
Daniel P. Spitale (D, At Large)
Mark Kalwinski (D, 1st) Robert J. Golec (D) City Clerk
Pete Torres (D, 2nd) Amy L. Jorgensen (R)[2] City Judge
Anthony W. Higgs (D, 3rd) Heather Garay City Controller
William Emerson, Sr. (D, 4th) John D. Doughty Police Chief
David Woerpel (D, 5th) Jeffery C. Smith Fire Chief
Scott Rakos (D, 6th)

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List of mayors

# Name Term Party

1 Marcus Towle 18841888 Republican
2 Thomas Hammond 18881893 Democratic
3 Patrick Reilly 18931894 Democratic
4 Fred R. Mott 18941898 Republican
5 Patrick Reilly 18981902 Democratic
6 Armanis F. Knotts 19021904 Republican
7 Lawrence Becker 19041911 Democratic
8 John D. Smalley 19111918 Democratic
9 Daniel Brown 19181925 Republican
10 Adrian E. Tinkham 19251930 Republican
11 Charles O. Schonert 19301935 Republican
12 Frank Martin 19351942 Democratic
13 G. Bertram Smith 19421948 Democratic
14 Vernon C. Anderson 19481956 Republican
15 Edward Dowling 19561968 Democratic
16 Joseph Klen 19681976 Democratic
17 Edward J. Raskosky 19761984 Democratic
18 Thomas M. McDermott, Sr. 19841992 Republican
19 Duane Dedelow, Jr. 19922004 Republican
20 Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. 2004present Democratic

Sports
Hammond came in 2nd (against Taipei, Taiwan) in the 1972 Little League World Series.[21]

Past teams

Hammond Rollers, an American Basketball Association team founded in 2006, was sold to the owner of the Quad
City Riverhawks the same year. The team relocated and became the Sauk Valley Rollers of Rock Falls, Illinois.
Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (193841) and Hammond Calumet Buccaneers (194849), were professional
basketball teams in the National Basketball League. Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau and legendary UCLA
basketball coach John Wooden both played for the Ciesar All-Americans.

The Hammond Pros (19201924)

The Hammond Pros was one of the earliest professional football teams in the United States. When the American
Professional Football League was formed in 1920, the Hammond Pros was a charter member, as it also was when the
league changed its name to National Football League in 1922. However, four years later, when the NFL decided to reduce
the number of teams, it did so by simply folding smaller franchises; the Hammond Pros (which never played a home game
in Hammond) was moved to Akron, Ohio, and became the Akron Pros in 1925.

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During the four years of the Hammond Pros' existence, the NFL had nine African-American players, six of whom played
for the Pros. The NFL's first African-American head coach was Hall-of-Famer coach Fritz Pollard of the Pros.

Notable people

Sister city
Galai, Romania (since 1997)

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External links
City of Hammond, Indiana website (http://www.gohammond.com)
Online City Guide (http://www.hammondindiana.com)
Photo History of Hammond, Indiana by HHS Class of 1959 (http://www.hhs59.com)

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