Munster, Indiana
Munster is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The 2010 U.S. Census counted the town’s population at 23,603. Munster served as the site of the Nike-Zeus Missile defense base C-46 during the Cold War. The name Munster means ‘Town on the Ridge’ in English.
About Munster, Indiana in brief
Munster is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The 2010 U.S. Census counted the town’s population at 23,603. Munster served as the site of the Nike-Zeus Missile defense base C-46 during the Cold War. In September 2008, Munster’s northern portions suffered flooding resulting from the impact of Hurricane Ike, which caused the Little Calumet River to overflow. The Ibach House and Stallbohm Barn-Kaske House are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Potawatomi. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the area that is today Munster was part of land claimed by France as French territory. The town’s boundaries contain three small lakes, one of which, located within Centennial Park, is marshy and undeveloped. As of 2011, the mean income for a household in the town was USD 97, and the mean family income for the highest-income family is USD 117,985. About 1% of the population were estimated to be below the poverty line as of the 2010 census of the town of Munster. The Comprehensive Plan for Munster’s next twenty years includes plans for a new town center with new shopping and dining to be organized around a proposed train station. It is located approximately 30 miles southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and Schererville to the south and Lansing and Lynwood directly west of the Illinois border.
It has a total area of 7. 65 square miles, of which 7. 57 square miles is land and 0. 08 square miles is water. It was named after Jacob Munster, a young man from the Netherlands who until the 1860s spelled his surname ‘Monster,’ and who opened an area General Store complete with a U. S. postal station on the back. The post office was named Munsters, as it was located in Jacob Munsters’ general store. In 1907 Munsters was incorporated as a town, with 76 residents voting “yes’ for the incorporation and 28 voting ‘no’ Munster has requested the Army Corps of Engineers to elevate the levee in low-lying areas. The levee improvements have been completed and the majority of homes destroyed have been rebuilt, in most cases, with larger, more amenity-filled homes. The city’s downtown area, the Town Hall, Police and Fire Department headquarters, the Centre for the Visual and Performing Arts and the Munster Post Office are all situated on Ridge Road. The area was once part of the British Empire, but was taken over by the United States of America in the 1760s and 1770s. The name Munster means ‘Town on the Ridge’ in English. It also means “Town of the Ridge,” a reference to the ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan.
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