Upton is an unincorporated community in western Black Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] It is located about 5 miles northwest of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County.[3] Its elevation is 377 feet (146 m).[4]

Upton, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°57′52″N 87°57′42″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Posey
Township	Black
Elevation [1]	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

History

A post office was established at Upton in 1878, and remained in operation until 1904.[5] The community was named for a settler who lived near the train depot.[6]

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.[7]

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