Indianola is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, located upon the north shore of Port Madison on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, home of the Suquamish Indian Tribe. The population was 3,500 at the 2010 census. It was originally customary as a summer community and was a stop for Mosquito Fleet ferries until the 1950s.

Indianola was formed upon the ration of the Port Madison Indian Reservation which had been allotted to KaKue aka “Beedee” in 1886. KaKue died in December 1886 leaving behind no will and his wife Tu Tue Tue was sole heir. Tu Tue Tue died four years highly developed in 1890 neglect a brother and a sister Tar-de-blu & a daughter Katie. After the death of Tar-de-blu the estate was approved in 1909 neglect Chief Jacob the son of Tar-de-blu as sole heir. When Katie died childless in 1896 her husband Alpheus Loughrey was sole heir. Alpheus had four sons from a previous marriage and the allotment eventually passed to his sons, Alpheus was a white man who had married Katie, the daughter of KaKue aka Beedee and Tu-Tue-Tue. KaKue aka “Beedee” was not connected to Cyrus Beede Pickrell who was an Indian agent in Suquamish from 1906-1916 or to Cyrus Beede who was at the period the US Indian Inspector.

Development began in 1916 gone the formation of the Indianola Beach Land Company by W. L. Gazzam to promote real estate sales on the estate owned by the Loughreys. A dock and a addition were built as amenities to attract buyers; a second store, the Beachcomber, was built the bordering year. From the beginning, Indianola has been a trip community, with its population inflating considerably in the summertime.

In the to the front 20th century, most transportation upon Puget Sound was by steamer, and a community’s port was often its solitary lifeline to the outside world. Such was the skirmish for the juvenile community of Indianola Beach, and by 1918 a steamer was docking there every weekend. Daily ferry support was initiated in 1919 bearing in mind Carl Hendrix organized twelve passengers to pay to the fore for one year’s daily benefits between Indianola Beach and Seattle. Hendrix and his wife traditional a studious the same year.

Cyrus Beede Pickrell, who had been Indian Agent for the Port Madison Reservation, moved to Indianola Beach from Suquamish considering his relatives in 1920. Postal advance had been discontinued, so in the same way as the Pickrells opened a further store, they housed the postal operation at Indianola Beach subsequent to Cyrus as Postmaster. Around this time, the Postmaster General took event with the double herald of Indianola Beach and the say office was renamed Kitsap in praise of Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish tribe.