Hammond, city, Lake County, northwestern Indiana, on Lake Michigan and the Little Calumet and Grand Calumet rivers, adjoining Calumet City, Illinois; settled 1851, incorporated as a city 1883. A manufacturing center in a heavily industrialized region, it produces soap, processed food, steel, railroad equipment, chemicals, and printed materials. Purdue University Calumet (1943) is here. The city is named for George H. Hammond, who established (1869) a meat-packing plant that dominated the community's economy until 1901, when it was destroyed by fire. Population 93,714 (1980); 84,236 (1990); 83,048 (2000).
