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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
East Chicago, Indiana, United States 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
borderedBy Gary, Indiana ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana ⓘ
Lake Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (9)

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

Gary → adjacentTo → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Gary, Indiana → adjacentTo → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana → borderedBy → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Whiting, Indiana → borderedBy → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → contains → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Calumet River → flowsThrough → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana → hasMajorIndustryCenter → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Calumet Region → hasPart → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
Gregg Popovich → placeOfBirth → East Chicago, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Chicago, Indiana, United States