Rapture, Indiana

Rapture, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Rapture
Location within the state of Indiana
Rapture
Rapture (the US)
Coordinates: 38°9′8″N 87°50′31″W / 38.15222°N 87.84194°W / 38.15222; -87.84194Coordinates: 38°9′8″N 87°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 ID 441777

Rapture is an unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

History

Rapture was originally called "White's Settlement", and is one of the oldest communities in Posey County.[3] It was laid out in 1838 by John Cox, and became known as "Winfield", and also "Bugtown".[4] The present name of Rapture may have come from a local horse.[5] Cox Creek runs through the community.[6]

A post office was established at Rapture in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.[7]

CNN reported in 2011 that just one person lives in Rapture, where they own a home, rental property and airplane hangar.[8] The airplane landing strip is known as "Bugtown Airport".[9]

Rapture was the setting for Terence Faherty's 1999 novel The Ordained.[10]

Geography

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

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Rapture, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Indiana Folklore, Volumes 2-3. Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences. 1969. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Leonard, William P. (1882). History and Directory of Posey County. Posey County Historical Society. p. 89.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Cox Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  7. ↑ "Posey County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Gast, Phil (May 20, 2011). "Rapture, Indiana, Not Sweating Predicted Day of Judgment". CNN.
  9. ↑ "Bugtown Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  10. ↑ Grosset, Philip. "Owen Keane". detecs.org. Retrieved July 2014. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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