Indianola is a
ghost town located on
Matagorda Bay in
Calhoun County,
Texas,
United States. The community, once the
county seat of Calhoun County, is a part of the
Victoria, Texas,
Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1875, the city had a population of 5,000, but on September 15 of that year, a powerful
hurricane struck, killing between 150 and 300 and almost entirely destroying the town. Indianola was rebuilt, only to be wiped out on August 19, 1886, by
another intense hurricane, which was followed by a fire. Indianola was designated a
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1963, marker number 2642.