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1968 Map of Calumet City

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Calumet City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

The Little Calumet River and its meandering neighbor, Thorn Creek, serve as the geographical spine of this late-1960s industrial landscape where Illinois and Indiana meet. Heavy urbanization is evident across Calumet City and Hammond, yet sizable green spaces like the Thorn Creek Forest Preserve and Wentworth Woods provide a counterpoint to the dense residential and industrial grid. The era is defined by the massive infrastructure of the Tri-State Tollway and Kingery Expressway, which carve through the terrain to connect disparate hubs.

Local life revolves around an extensive network of parochial and public institutions, from St Margarets Hospital and Thornridge High Sch to Holy Cross Cemetery. Transportation remains a dominant theme, evidenced by the tangle of rail lines including the Penn Central and Chicago South Shore and South Bend RR, alongside the Chicago-Hammond Airport. In the south, the transition toward Lansing and Munster reveals a landscape still adapting to mid-century growth while maintaining older markers like Glenwoodie Country Club and several family-named landmarks.