Lake County, Indiana

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Lake County, Indiana is a heavily industrialized county in northwest Indiana along Lake Michigan, known for its steel production centers, urban communities like Gary and Hammond, and its role in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
adjacentToBodyOfWater Lake Michigan
borderedBy Cook County, Illinois
Kankakee County, Illinois
surface form: Kankakee County, Indiana

Porter County, Indiana
Will County, Illinois
contains Cedar Lake, Indiana
Crown Point, Indiana
Dyer, Indiana
East Chicago, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Griffith, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana
Highland, Indiana
Hobart, Indiana
Lake Station, Indiana
Lakes of the Four Seasons, Indiana
Lowell, Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana
Munster, Indiana
New Chicago, Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana
surface form: Schererville, Indiana

Schneider, Indiana
Shelby, Indiana
Hobart, Indiana
surface form: St. John, Indiana

Whiting, Indiana
Winfield, Indiana
country United States of America
followsTimeZone UTC−06:00
followsTimeZoneDST UTC−05:00
hasMajorIndustryCenter East Chicago, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana
hasMetropolitanRole industrial core of Northwest Indiana
suburban area of Chicago
knownFor heavy industry
petroleum refining
shipping on the Great Lakes
steel production
largestCity Hammond, Indiana
locatedIn Chicago metropolitan area
Indiana
Midwestern United States
Calumet Region
surface form: Northwest Indiana
locatedOn Lake Michigan
namedAfter Lake Michigan
partOf Calumet Region
seat Crown Point, Indiana
state Indiana
timeZone Central Time Zone

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porter County, Indiana borderedBy Lake County, Indiana
Will County, Illinois borderedBy Lake County, Indiana
Chicago metropolitan area containsCounty Lake County, Indiana
East Chicago, Indiana county Lake County, Indiana
Gary, Indiana county Lake County, Indiana
Genesis Convention Center county Lake County, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana county Lake County, Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana county Lake County, Indiana
Whiting, Indiana county Lake County, Indiana
Calumet Region hasPart Lake County, Indiana
Gary City Hall locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
Gary Works locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
Marquette Park locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
U.S. Steel Gary Works complex locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
U.S. Steel Yard locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
Whiting, Indiana locatedIn Lake County, Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana partOf Lake County, Indiana
Indiana Toll Road passesThroughCounty Lake County, Indiana
Diocese of Northern Indiana territoryIncludes Lake County, Indiana