Indianola is a village in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States.

[4] The community was named after Indianola, Iowa, the former hometown of an early settler.

[4] 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.

The woman was originally 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.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.25 square miles (3.24 km2), all land.

33.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.