Nineveh, Indiana

Nineveh
Unincorporated community
Nineveh
Coordinates: 39°21′44″N 86°05′05″W / 39.36222°N 86.08472°W / 39.36222; -86.08472Coordinates: 39°21′44″N 86°05′05″W / 39.36222°N 86.08472°W / 39.36222; -86.08472
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Johnson
Township	Nineveh
Elevation	771 ft (235 m)
ZIP code	46164
FIPS code	18-53982[1]
GNIS feature ID	440180[2]

Nineveh is an unincorporated community in Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. Scenes from the movie Hoosiers were shot in the old Nineveh Elementary School, which was renamed "Hickory High School" for the film. Nineveh's last class of students attended here during the filming of the movie in 1985, after which they relocated to Trafalgar to consolidate at Indian Creek Elementary School. The old school was lost to a fire just a few years after it was closed for consolidation.^[3]

Notable people

• Harry McQuinn, Indy car driver
• Cliff Griffith, Indy car driver

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Nineveh, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ↑ | Nineveh Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of Johnson County, Indiana, United States County seat: Franklin Cities Franklin Greenwood Towns Bargersville Edinburgh‡ New Whiteland Princes Lakes Trafalgar Whiteland Townships Blue River Clark Franklin Hensley Needham Nineveh Pleasant Union White River Unincorporated communities Amity Anita Banta Bluff Creek Bud Critchfield El Dorado Frances Green Valley Hendricks Hopewell Kinder McCarty Mount Pleasant Needham Nineveh Old Bargersville Peoga Providence Reds Corner Rocklane Samaria Smith Valley Spring Hill Stones Crossing Urmeyville Waterloo Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties