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Calumet City (/ ˌ k æ lj ʊ ˈ m ɛ t / KAL-yuu-MET) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 36,033 at the 2020 census. [ 6 ] It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .
The village of Calumet, then known as "Red Jacket," [4] was originally settled in 1864, and was incorporated in 1867. Calumet was an offshoot of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, which mined a rich vein of copper running just south of Calumet. From 1868 through 1886, it was the leading copper producer in the United States, and from 1869 ...
Calumet Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,609 and it contained 8,210 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,609 and it contained 8,210 housing units.
The central element of the Port District, Calumet Harbor, is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [ 2 ] The modern Port of Chicago links inland canal and river systems in the Midwestern United States to the Great Lakes , giving the global shipping market access to the St. Lawrence Seaway and linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of ...
The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the former flowing west from Indiana into Illinois, then turning back east to its mouth at Lake Michigan ...
The first known print reference to refer to this area as a distinct geographical region is the 1755 map created by John Mitchell. In this map, however, he referred to the geographic region as "Quadoche", a name that the Iroquois had given to the Potawatomi that were known to occupy the region at that point in time.
He served as a village trustee and acting mayor of Calumet Park in the late 1970s. [13] Marty Russo (born 1944), member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993. He lived in Calumet Park at the time of his first election. [14] Juice Wrld (1998–2019), rapper and singer-songwriter. He was a childhood resident of Calumet ...