Rapture, Indiana

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

Rapture, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Rapture
Location within the state of Indiana
Rapture
Rapture (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°9′8″N 87°50′31″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyPosey
TownshipHarmony
Elevation436 ft (133 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
47633
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID441777

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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