Indianola is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 584 at the 2010 census.HistoryIndianola was platted in 1873. It was named after Indianola, Iowa, the former hometown of an early settler. In its early days, Indianola was the county seat of Red Willow County. After the railroad opted to locate its midpoint terminal on the Omaha to Denver route in McCook rather than in Indianola, the seat was moved there and Indianola declined.Located in the City Park of Indianola is the grave of a Pawnee woman who died of wounds received at the battle between the Sioux and Pawnee tribes at Massacre Canyon just east of Trenton, Nebraska. Originally she was buried northwest of town on a bluff overlooking Coon Creek. In the 1970s, it became obvious that erosion would eventually destroy her gravesite, and in 1975 she was reburied in the park, with representatives of the Pawnee tribe participating in the ceremony.GeographyIndianola is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.25sqmi, all of it land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 584 people, 256 households, and 160 families residing in the city. The population density was 467.2PD/sqmi. There were 295 housing units at an average density of 236.0/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 98.1% White, 0.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population.
