Rapture, Indiana
| Rapture | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Rapture Location within the state of Indiana | |
| Coordinates: 38°9′8″N 87°50′31″W / 38.15222°N 87.84194°WCoordinates: 38°9′8″N 87°50′31″W / 38.15222°N 87.84194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Posey |
| Township | Center |
| Elevation | 436 ft (133 m) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 441777[1] |
Rapture is an unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana, United States.[1] Rapture is located on Indiana State Road 68, between Poseyville and New Harmony.
The community 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]
CNN reported in 2011 that just one person lives in Rapture, where they own a home, rental property and airplane hangar.[6] The airplane landing strip is known as "Bugtown Airport".[7]
Rapture was the setting for Terence Faherty's 1999 novel The Ordained.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Rapture". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Indiana Folklore, Volumes 2-3. Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences. 1969. p. 78.
- ↑ Leonard, William P. (1882). History and Directory of Posey County. Posey County Historical Society. p. 89.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Cox Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Gast, Phil (May 20, 2011). "Rapture, Indiana, Not Sweating Predicted Day of Judgment". CNN.
- ↑ "Bugtown Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Grosset, Philip. "Owen Keane". detecs.org. Retrieved July 2014.
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