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History · Nineveh

Half of Nineveh’s homes were built after 1994

Most of Nineveh was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994.

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Nineveh, in brief

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Nineveh is an unincorporated community in Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. Nineveh took its name from Nineveh Creek, which in turn is named after Nineveh Berry, a hunter who fell into the creek while hunting for deer. The town also has the Cordry-Sweetwater branch library. Scenes from the film 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 film 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.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Nineveh, decade by decade

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Nineveh, Indiana2016Nineveh, Indiana
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Nineveh

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William Merritt ChaseAmerican painter · b. 1849
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Cliff GriffithRacecar driver · b. 1916
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

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