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Munster is a suburban town in North Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States.It is in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately 30 miles (48 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and Schererville to the south, and Lansing and Lynwood directly west over the Illinois border.
The Calumet Region includes the Indiana cities of Gary, East Chicago, Hammond, Highland, Griffith, Munster, Merrillville, Schererville, Hobart, Whiting, Crown Point, Dyer, Saint John, and Valparaiso. In Illinois a number of cities and villages lie in the Calumet watershed including: the southernmost part of Chicago , Lansing , Calumet City ...
The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the former flowing west from Indiana into Illinois, then turning back east to its mouth at Lake Michigan ...
Calumet Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census , its population was 91,970, containing 47,425 housing units, [ 2 ] down from 104,258 at 2010 . [ 4 ]
I-94 enters Indiana from Illinois running concurrently with I-80 and US Highway 6 (US 6) on the Borman Expressway, in Munster. The freeway heads toward the east as a 10-lane Interstate, quickly entering the city of Hammond. The road has an interchange with Calumet Avenue, which US 41 is
Northwest Indiana, nicknamed "The Region" after the Calumet Region, [1] is an unofficial region of northern Indiana, United States that is located at the northwestern corner of the state.
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a public university with two campuses in Northwest Indiana; its main campus is in Hammond with a branch campus [2] in Westville.It is part of the Purdue University system and offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 6,200 students with more than 64,000 alumni.
In June 1981, excessive rainfall caused flooding in the Calumet Region of Indiana and Illinois. [1] The Little Calumet River overflowed onto streets and Interstate 80. [2] Parts of Gary, Hammond, and other areas were evacuated. [1]