Upton, Indiana

Upton, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Upton, Indiana
Upton, Indiana
Coordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°W / 37.96444; -87.96167Coordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°W / 37.96444; -87.96167
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Black
Elevation[1] 377 ft (115 m)
ZIP code 47620
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID 445176

Upton is an unincorporated community in western Black Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States. It is located about 5 miles northwest of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County.[2] Its elevation is 377 feet (146 m).[3]

History

Upton contained a post office between 1878 and 1904.[4] The community was named for a settler who lived near the train depot.[5]

Train wreck of 1905

Five persons were killed including an engineer and eight others injured in a head-on crash between two freight trains on the former L & N railroad just outside the settlement of Upton on July 15, 1905. According to reports, a train dispatcher mistook the number of each train and after realizing that an error was made, contacted the operator via telephone in Upton to warn of the mistake. A hastily summoned group attempted to flag each train, unfortunately before they could reach the tracks, the collision had already occurred.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
  3. ↑ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 120.
  6. ↑ California Digital Newspaper Collection


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