There’s much to appreciate in this diverse place, with a campus for Purdue University, a glitzy casino, an effervescent arts scene, craft breweries and parcels of nature bouncing back from the industrial days. Nowadays Hammond is home to around 78,000, making it the most populous city on Indiana’s South Shore. This is one of the oldest cities in Lake County, first settled in the mid-19th century and known for a wave of manufacturing that swept the region over the next century. In the very northwest of Indiana, the city of Hammond touches the Lake Michigan shoreline and continues down the state line before cutting east in an L-shape.
