Cressmoor Country Club

Cressmoor Country Club operates in New Chicago, Lake County, in the Calumet region's residential interior east of the industrial shoreline. New Chicago's name suggests the aspirational character of early twentieth-century Lake County development — communities that positioned themselves as alternatives to Illinois's already-dense Chicago while benefiting from the same economic engine. Cressmoor takes its name from a combination suggesting moorland and water, evoking the original character of the Calumet region before drainage and development transformed the landscape. The country club serves a Lake County membership in a community that maintains its identity within the broader northwest Indiana urban complex.