Munster is a town located in North Township

North Township, Lake County, Indiana

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, Lake County

Lake County, Indiana

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, in Northwest

Northwest Indiana

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 Indiana

Indiana

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 in the United States

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. This bedroom community lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately 30 miles (48.3 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop

Chicago Loop

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, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond

Hammond, Indiana

Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....

 to the north, Highland

Highland, Lake County, Indiana

Highland is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 23,727 at the 2010 census. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910...

 to the east, Dyer

Dyer, Indiana

As of the census of 2010, there were 16,390 people residing in the town. The population density was 2,731.67 people per square mile . There were 6,125 housing units at an average density of 1,020.83 per square mile...

 and Schererville

Schererville, Indiana

Schererville is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 29,243 at the 2010 census.- History :...

 to the south, and Lansing

Lansing, Illinois

Lansing is a village in Cook County, Illinois, USA. Lansing is a southern suburb of Chicago. The population was 28,332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

 and Lynwood

Lynwood, Illinois

Lynwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,377 at the 2000 census.Lynwood was founded in 1959. The Village is surrounded by Lansing to the north, Glenwood to the west, Sauk Village to the south, and Munster and Dyer, Indiana to the east. The Indiana state...

 directly west of the Illinois

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 border. The 2010 U.S. Census counted the town's population at 23,603.
Munster is located at 41°33′5"N 87°30′5"W (41.551457, -87.501431), at a point on an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan

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 (known as the Calumet Shoreline

Calumet Shoreline

The Calumet Shoreline is an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan located in the Lake Michigan Basin. It can be clearly seen as a sand ridge along Ridge Road south of Chicago. Closer to the lake from the Calumet Shoreline, there are the Tolleston shorelines and farther from the lake are the Glenwood...

) which is today Ridge Road.