Indianola, California

About Indianola

Indianola is a small unincorporated community in northwestern California.

Indianola holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.41 square miles.

📰 Indianola News Today

• Indianola Students Returning to School with Safe, Reliable Drinking Water Due to Partnership with California Water Service, Selma Unified School District, Self-Help Enterprises Yahoo Finance · Aug 10
• Nearly 400 at Indianola school will return to safe water Stock Titan · Aug 10
• New U.S. 101 Indianola interchange officially open, aimed at improving safety corridor krcrtv.com · May 28
• It Is Done: The Indianola Underpass (Now the Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange) Opened Today Lost Coast Outpost · May 28
• Joseph Colacecchi Sr Obituary October 2, 2025 Overton Funeral Home · Mar 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Indianola Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Indianola — but the California one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northwestern California, 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.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Indianola

• Fay Slough Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bracut Tidelands Public Access · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Freshwater Park reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Indianola

• Kneeland Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🗺️ Map of Indianola

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