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East Chicago is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 26,370 at the 2020 census . Centered around heavy industry, the city is home to the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal , an artificial freshwater harbor characterized by industrial and manufacturing activity.
Washington Park or Park Addition is a neighborhood in the Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago, Indiana, 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. [1]
1928-1932 and 1938-1940 Automobile Legal Association Green Book: large scale maps (not very detailed - only major routes) and major city inset maps; turn-by-turn directions can also be used to find old routings through cities; also contains rough route logs (i.e. cities passed through) for some of the longer routes in all eastern states; 1938 ...
Marktown is an urban planned worker community in East Chicago, Indiana, United States, [2] built during the Progressive Era in 1917 from marshland to provide a complete community for workers at The Mark Manufacturing Company. [3] The Marktown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
Prairie Park is one of East Chicago's newest neighborhoods, having been built between the 1960s and 1990s. [1] Like Sunnyside to its north, Prairie Park has suburban-style curved streets, in contrast to the conventional street grid found elsewhere in East Chicago and neighboring cities.
Northside or North Side is a neighborhood in western East Chicago, Indiana. Together with Southside and Roxana, it makes up "East Chicago proper," as distinct from Indiana Harbor. The population is 72% Hispanic and 21% African American. [1] The neighborhood has one of the highest rates of owner-occupied homes in the city. [1]
Sunnyside is a neighborhood in easternmost East Chicago, Indiana, in the Indiana Harbor section near Cline Avenue. It is unique among East Chicago neighborhoods for its suburban character, including a curvilinear street grid. [2] The population is 55% African American and 42% Hispanic. [1]
The area east of the tracks is known as "East Calumet." Like many East Chicago neighborhoods (including Roxana and Marktown), the residential part of Calumet is surrounded by industrial land: [1] the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal to the west, the Chicago Avenue industrial corridor to the north, a Citgo tank farm to the east, and the DuPont site ...