Rapture, Indiana
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Rapture is an unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Rapture was originally called "White's Settlement", and is one of the oldest communities in Posey County.{{cite book | title = Indiana Folklore, Volumes 2-3 | publisher = Indiana University Research Center for the Language Sciences | year = 1969 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=F3TYAAAAMAAJ&dq | pages = 78}} It was laid out in 1838 by John Cox, and became known as "Winfield", and also "Bugtown".{{cite book | last = Leonard | first = William P. | title = History and Directory of Posey County | publisher = Posey County Historical Society | year = 1882 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nVM0AQAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22William+P.+Leonard%22&dq=inauthor:%22William+P.+Leonard%22 | pages = 89}} The present name of Rapture may have come from a local horse.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=276|quote=...for Dr. James Cooper's horse, Rapture.}} Cox Creek runs through the community.{{cite gnis|447910|Cox Creek}}
A post office was established at Rapture in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Posey&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Posey County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 1, 2017}}
CNN reported in 2011 that just one person lives in Rapture, where they own a home, rental property and airplane hangar.{{cite web | last = Gast | first = Phil | title = Rapture, Indiana, Not Sweating Predicted Day of Judgment | publisher = CNN | date = May 20, 2011 | url = http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/20/indiana.rapture/}} The airplane landing strip is known as "Bugtown Airport".{{cite gnis|2676884|Bugtown Airport}}
Rapture was the setting for Terence Faherty's 1999 novel The Ordained.{{cite web | last = Grosset | first = Philip | title = Owen Keane | publisher = detecs.org | url = http://www.detecs.org/keane.html | accessdate = July 29, 2014}}
Geography
Rapture is located on Indiana State Road 68, between Poseyville and New Harmony.
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Posey County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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