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Roxana, sometimes spelled Roxanna, is a neighborhood in southwestern East Chicago, Indiana, south of the Grand Calumet River and north of Michigan Street. It is the only East Chicago neighborhood located south of the Grand Calumet. As of 2013, it was home to approximately 1032 people, of whom 6.5% were Hispanic and 8% were African American. [1]
Indiana – a U.S. state, was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is located in the midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region of North America . With 6,483,802 residents, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density.
Southside or South Side is a neighborhood in western East Chicago, Indiana. Together with Northside and Roxana, it makes up "East Chicago proper," as distinct from Indiana Harbor. The population is 64% Hispanic and 25% African American. [1] The neighborhood is home to 20% of East Chicago's population. [1]
Historically, Indiana Harbor was more working-class than East Chicago proper, with a population dominated by workers at Inland Steel and related plants. [3] Rivalries between Indiana Harbor and the rest of East Chicago are common. [3] Mexican-American settlement in Indiana Harbor began during the steel strike of 1919.
Continuation into Indiana: 0.01: 0.016: I-90 Toll west / Chicago Skyway west: Access to I-90 east is in Indiana; I-90 exit 107: 1.71: 2.75: US 12 west / US 20 west (95th Street) Northern end of US 12/US 20 overlap: 6.41: 10.32: Jeffery Drive, Marquette Drive: Southern end of DuSable Lake Shore Drive: 7.7: 12.4: 57th Drive to I-90 Toll east ...
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 and USS Lead site to the south.
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 Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker is a limestone obelisk that commemorates the establishment of the border between Illinois and Indiana.. Constructed by the Office of the United States Surveyor General in 1838, its current location near the northernmost point between the two states straddles the line between the cities of Hammond and Chicago, near the end of Avenue G on Chicago ...