East Chicago, Indiana

E59879

city municipality

East Chicago, Indiana is an industrial city in northwest Indiana’s Calumet Region, known for its steel manufacturing history and location near the southern shore of Lake Michigan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
East Chicago, Indiana canonical	20
East Chicago	2
East Chicago, Indiana, United States	2
City of East Chicago government	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
borderedBy	Gary, Indiana ⓘ Hammond, Indiana ⓘ Lake Michigan ⓘ Whiting, Indiana ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Lake County, Indiana ⓘ
developedBecauseOf	proximity to Lake Michigan shipping routes ⓘ railroad access ⓘ steel industry expansion ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn	manufacturing plants ⓘ steel mills ⓘ
foundedAs	industrial community ⓘ
hasAreaCharacteristic	dense industrial zoning ⓘ mixed residential and industrial land use ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	ethnically diverse population ⓘ significant African American community ⓘ significant Hispanic and Latino community ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue	industrial pollution ⓘ soil contamination in some residential areas ⓘ
hasFeature	industrial landscape ⓘ waterfront along Lake Michigan ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	mayor–council government ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	manufacturing ⓘ petrochemicals ⓘ steel production ⓘ
hasNeighborhood	Harbor neighborhood ⓘ Indiana Harbor ⓘ surface form: Indiana Harbor neighborhood Marktown neighborhood ⓘ Roxana neighborhood ⓘ
hasPort	Indiana Harbor ⓘ
hasTransportation	highway connections ⓘ port facilities ⓘ rail freight lines ⓘ
knownFor	heavy industry ⓘ industrial waterfront ⓘ steel manufacturing ⓘ
locatedIn	Calumet Region ⓘ Calumet Region ⓘ surface form: Northwest Indiana
locatedInRegion	Great Lakes region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois
locatedOn	southern shore of Lake Michigan ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody	Calumet River ⓘ surface form: Grand Calumet River
partOf	Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Rust Belt ⓘ
state	Indiana ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Gary, Indiana → adjacentTo → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Calumet River → flowsThrough → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Gregg Popovich → placeOfBirth → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Chicago, Indiana, United States

Lake County, Indiana → contains → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Lake County, Indiana → hasMajorIndustryCenter → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Gary → adjacentTo → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Hammond, Indiana → borderedBy → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Whiting, Indiana → borderedBy → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Calumet Region → hasPart → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Kenny Lofton → placeOfBirth → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Chicago, Indiana, United States

Indiana's 1st congressional district → hasCity → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Lake County → contains → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake County, Indiana

Lake County → hasIndustrialCenter → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake County, Indiana

Lake County → hasPortCity → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

subject surface form: Lake County, Indiana

East Chicago station → locatedIn → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

East Chicago station → servesCity → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Chicago

Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad → passesThrough → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Indiana Harbor → locatedIn → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Indiana Harbor → governedBy → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of East Chicago government

Roxana neighborhood → locatedIn → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Roxana neighborhood → partOf → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Chicago

Roxana neighborhood → isNeighborhoodOf → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Marktown neighborhood → locatedIn → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal → servesCity → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ

Northwest Indiana → hasMajorCity → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ