Pinhook is an unincorporated community in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

Pinhook was originally called New Durham.

"Pinhook" was at first a derisive nickname given by a neighboring rival town, but it was eventually adopted by the residents of Pinhook themselves.

[3] Pinhook was the setting for the first scene of the 1964 made-for-television suspense thriller movie Nightmare in Chicago.

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