Official Name: | Pinhook, Indiana |
Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pinhook |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaPorte |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | New Durham |
Coordinates: | 41.5639°N -86.8558°W |
Elevation Ft: | 827 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 46350 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-60102[1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 450466 |
Pinhook is an unincorporated community in New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
Pinhook was originally called New Durham. It was platted under the latter name in 1847. "Pinhook" was at first a derisive nickname given by a neighboring rival town, but it was eventually adopted by the residents of Pinhook themselves.[2]
Pinhook was the setting for the first scene of the 1964 made-for-television suspense thriller movie Nightmare in Chicago.