Editing Dyer, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Dyer, Indiana
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = ''Striving Higher in Dyer''
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.townofdyer.com}}
| image_skyline            = DyerIN.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = 
| image_flag               = Flag of Dyer, Indiana.png
| image_seal               = Seal of Dyer, Indiana.png
| image_map                = File:Lake County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Dyer Highlighted 1819270.svg
| mapsize                  = 250x200px
| map_caption              = Location of Dyer in Lake County, Indiana.
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{Flagicon|USA}} United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{Flagicon|Indiana}} [[Indiana]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Indiana|Township]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana|St. John]]
| government_footnotes     = <ref name="officials">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.lakecountyin.org/portal/media-type/html/group/voters/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-13b9cba7c46-107f1
  |title=2014 Public Officials Directory
  |publisher=Lake County Board of Elections and Voter's Registration
  |access-date=June 10, 2014}}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Town]]
| governing_body           = Town Council
| leader_title             = Members:
| leader_name              = Robert Starkey ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 1st), Mary Timm ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 2nd),    Patrick Mcshane ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 3rd), Mary Tanis ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 4th), Annette Ludwig ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 5th){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
| leader_title1            = Clerk-Treasurer
| leader_name1             = Debbie Astor ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
| leader_title2            = Town Manager
| leader_name2             = David W. Hein{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 16517
| population_density_sq_mi = 2673.09
| demographics_type1       = Standard of living ([[American Community Survey|2008-12]])
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>
| timezone                 = [[Central Standard Time|Central]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = [[Central Daylight Time|Central]]
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_18.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi         = 6.18
| area_land_sq_mi          = 6.18
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 663
| coordinates              = {{coord|41|30|31|N|87|30|44|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 46311
| area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code                = [[Area code 219|219]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 18-19270<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2396914<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396914}}</ref>
| footnotes                = 
| established_title        = Settled<ref name="Town of Dyer history page">{{Cite web|url=https://www.townofdyer.com/default.aspx?T1=1&T2=2&T3=0|title=Town of Dyer > Home|website=www.townofdyer.com}}</ref>
| established_date         = 1838
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = January 24, 1910
| established_title3       = 
| established_date3        = 
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
| area_total_km2           = 16.00
| area_land_km2            = 16.00
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| population_density_km2   = 1032.10
}}

{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align: center"
|+ Demographics (2010)<ref name="USCB-DP1">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010, Table DP-1, 2010 Demographic Profile Data. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]  . Retrieved June 14, 2014.</ref>
|-
! Demographic
! Proportion
|-
| '''[[White American|White]]'''
|90.1%
|-
| '''[[African American|Black]]'''
| 2.5%
|-
| '''[[Asian American|Asian]]'''
|2.9%
|-
| '''[[Pacific Islander American|Islander]]'''
|0.0%
|-
| '''[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]]'''
|0.2%
|-
| '''Other'''
|4.3%
|-
| '''[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic<br />(any race)]]'''
|9.3%
|}

'''Dyer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|aɪ|ər}} {{respell|DY|ər}}) is a town in [[St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana|St. John Township]], [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake County]], [[Indiana]], United States. The population was 16,517 at the 2020 census. It is a southeastern suburb of [[Chicago]].

==Geography==
Dyer borders [[Munster, Indiana|Munster]] to the north, unincorporated [[St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana|St. John Township]] to the south, [[Schererville, Indiana|Schererville]] to the east, and [[Lynwood, Illinois|Lynwood]] and [[Sauk Village, Illinois|Sauk Village]] in Illinois to the west. The Illinois state line comprises Dyer's entire western border.  One of Dyer's neighborhoods, [[Briar Ridge]], spans both Dyer and adjacent [[Schererville, Indiana|Schererville]].<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Dyer is roughly 30 miles from downtown Chicago and 12 miles from Chicago's south side.

Dyer is built on mostly flat land with an exception being the steep sand ridge south of [[US Highway 30]]. This is the [[Glenwood Shoreline]].

According to the 2010 census, Dyer has a total area of {{convert|6.1|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1819270
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 16, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213050817/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1819270
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 545
|1920= 479
|1930= 672
|1940= 976
|1950= 1556
|1960= 3993
|1970= 4906
|1980= 9555
|1990= 10923
|2000= 13895
|2010= 16390
|2020= 16517
|footnote=Source:<ref name="GR2" />
}}

As of 2009, the median income for a household in the town was $76,599 while the mean income for a household in the town was $93,308. The median income for a family was $87,127 and the mean income for a family was $103,563. The estimated per capita income for the town was $34,275. About 0.7% of families and 1.2% of the population were estimated to be below the poverty line.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1819270&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_DP5YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |title=Dyer town, Indiana - Selected Economic Characteristics: 2005-2009 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20111001040545/http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US1819270&-qr_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_DP5YR3&-ds_name=ACS_2009_5YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-date=October 1, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> of 2010, there were 16,390 people, 5,985 households, and 4,552 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2686.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 6,125 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1004.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.3% of the population.

There were 5,985 households, of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.9% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.12.

The median age in the town was 42.9 years. 23.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 31.4% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

==History==
In 1830, the first permanent white settlers came to Northwest Indiana.<ref name="Town of Dyer history page"/> The earliest historical records date back to 1838. On June 1, 1855, the original plat of the town<ref name="Town of Dyer history page"/> was established. Aaron Norton Hart, a settler from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], played a key role in developing Dyer's infrastructure in the 1860s and 1870s. Hart supervised construction of roads and the implementation of a drainage ditch system, allowing agricultural and commercial use of the marshy land. Hart was killed in 1883 while working on a ditch near Plum Creek. Hart Street, one of Dyer's major north–south streets, bears his name. Hart's wife, Martha Dyer Hart, is the town's namesake.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dyer, Indiana|url=http://www.northwestindiana.com/cities/dyer/dyer.html|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=www.northwestindiana.com}}</ref>

Dyer was incorporated as a town under Indiana law on February 8, 1910.<ref name="Town of Dyer history page"/> Upon incorporation, Dyer was divided into three wards: The first ward consisted of all land within town limits lying west of Hart Street; the second ward comprised the section east of Hart Street and south of Lincoln Highway; the land north of Lincoln Highway and east of Hart Street formed the third ward.<ref name="Town of Dyer history page"/>

[[Meyer's Castle]] was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Transportation==

=== Roads ===
Dyer's primary arterial road is [[U.S. Route 30]]/[[Lincoln Highway]], which runs east–west through the town. A {{convert|1.3|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of this route traversing Dyer and [[Schererville, Indiana|Schererville]] was considered one of the most prominent [[Lincoln Highway#Seedling miles and the ideal section|Seedling Mile]] projects on the [[Lincoln Highway]] when it was constructed in the early 1920s, and came to be known as the highway's "Ideal Section."  It remains in use to this day.

===Amtrak===
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Dyer at the [[Dyer (Amtrak station)|Dyer Amtrak Station]]. The station is served by the [[Cardinal (passenger train)|Cardinal]] with service to [[Chicago Union Station]] and [[New York Penn Station]] via [[Washington Union Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=DYE|title=Amtrak - Stations - Dyer, IN (DYE)|publisher=[[Amtrak]]|access-date=August 5, 2010}}</ref>

==Education==
{{Further|Lake Central School Corporation}}
Dyer is located in the [[Lake Central School Corporation]]. Public high school students living in Dyer attend [[Lake Central High School]] located in [[St. John, Indiana]]. Three of the system's schools are located within Dyer town limits: Kahler Middle School, Protsman Elementary School, and Bibich Elementary School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lcsc.us/|title=Home|website=Lake Central School Corporation}}</ref>

Private schools in Dyer include Protestant Reformed Christian School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Protestant Reformed/Heritage Christian Schools in Dyer, IN |url=https://www.greatschools.org/indiana/dyer/4884-Protestant-Reformed-Heritage-Christian-Schools/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=GreatSchools.org}}</ref> and [[Illiana Christian High School]].

[[Mid-America Reformed Seminary]] is a theological institution located in Dyer.

==Sports==

Dyer was home to the [[Chi-Town Shooters]], a former minor league professional [[ice hockey]] team that was a member of the [[All American Hockey League (2008-)|All American Hockey League]].  The team's home arena was [[Midwest Training & Ice Center]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.townofdyer.com/ Town of Dyer, Indiana website]

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