Upton, Indiana | |
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Coordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W / 37.96444°N 87.96167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Posey |
Township | Black |
Elevation | 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 ID | 445176[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]
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]
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]