Upton, Indiana
Upton, Indiana | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Upton, Indiana Upton, Indiana | |
Coordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°WCoordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°W | |
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
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
- ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
- ↑ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-02-14.
- ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 120.
- ↑ California Digital Newspaper Collection