Rapture, Indiana

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Rapture, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Rapture
Location within the state of Indiana
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Rapture
Rapture (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°9′8″N87°50′31″W / 38.15222°N 87.84194°W / 38.15222; -87.84194 Coordinates: 38°9′8″N87°50′31″W / 38.15222°N 87.84194°W / 38.15222; -87.84194
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Harmony
Elevation
[1]
436 ft (133 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47633
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID441777 [1]

Rapture is an unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

Rapture was originally called "White's Settlement", and is one of the oldest communities in Posey County. [2] It was laid out in 1838 by John Cox, and became known as "Winfield", and also "Bugtown". [3] The present name of Rapture may have come from a local horse. [4] Cox Creek runs through the community. [5]

A post office was established at Rapture in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902. [6]

CNN reported in 2011 that just one person lives in Rapture, where they own a home, rental property and airplane hangar. [7] The airplane landing strip is known as "Bugtown Airport". [8]

Rapture was the setting for Terence Faherty's 1999 novel The Ordained. [9]

Geography

Rapture is located on Indiana State Road 68, between Poseyville and New Harmony.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rapture, Indiana
  2. ↑ Indiana Folklore, Volumes 2-3. Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences. 1969. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Leonard, William P. (1882). History and Directory of Posey County. Posey County Historical Society. p. 89.
  4. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 276. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...for Dr. James Cooper's horse, Rapture.
  5. ↑ "Cox Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Gast, Phil (May 20, 2011). "Rapture, Indiana, Not Sweating Predicted Day of Judgment". CNN.
  8. ↑ "Bugtown Airport". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ↑ Grosset, Philip. "Owen Keane". detecs.org. Retrieved July 29, 2014.



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