Upton, Indiana

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Upton, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Upton
Coordinates: 37°57′52″N87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°W / 37.96444; -87.96167
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Township Black
Elevation
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377 ft (115 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47620
Area code(s) 812, 930
GNIS feature ID445176 [1]

Upton is an unincorporated community in western Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1] It is located about 5 miles northwest of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County. [2]

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History

A post office was established at Upton in 1878, and remained in operation until 1904. [3] The community was named for a settler who lived near the train depot. [4]

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. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Upton, Indiana
  2. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  3. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p.  120.
  5. ↑ California Digital Newspaper Collection


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