Chili, Indiana

About Chili

Chili is a small unincorporated community in northern Indiana.

Officially, Chili is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.2 square miles.

📰 Chili News Today

• CAPITAL B GARY: How One Gary Restaurant Preserved a Century of Chili, Community, and Tradition the indiana citizen · Jun 3
• Indiana Gold Star hosting fundraiser to help family of couple who died in crash WLWT · Jun 22
• PHOTOS: Truck crashes into Chili’s restaurant in Martinsville Fox 59 · Mar 18
• Hit TV show 'The Bear' crosses Skyway, films at Northwest Indiana chili dog joint nwitimes.com · May 5
• At least 8 injured as pickup crashes into Chili’s restaurant in Martinsville - WISH-TV WISH-TV · Mar 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Chili Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.2 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Chili

• Eel River Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Walter H. and E. Marie Myers Nature Preserve on Flowers Cree · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Chili

🏘️ Nearby Communities