Hammond.
1 City (2020 pop. 77,879), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded
by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet River, and
traversed by the Grand Calumet River; settled 1851, inc. 1884. Originally
important as a slaughterhouse site, Hammond was a meatpacking town until its
great packing house was destroyed by fire in 1901. Manufactures include
foods, fabricated metal and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, and
transportation equipment. It has secondary steel processing and fire brick
refractories. A campus of Purdue Univ. is there. 2 City (2020
pop. 19,584), Tangipahoa parish, SE La.; inc. 1888. Truck farms, beef and
dairy cattle, and timber are important. Manufactures include building
materials, consumer goods, paper and metal products, and machinery. There is
also meat processing. The city is the seat of Southeastern Louisiana Univ.
and the home of the Black Heritage Festival. Zemurry Gardens and the Global
Wildlife Park also are there.
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