unincorporated community
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Posey County
Posey may refer to:
Places
* Posey, California
* Posey, Illinois
* Posey, Texas
* Posey, West Virginia
* Posey County, Indiana
* Posey Township, Indiana (disambiguation)
People
* Posey (Paiute) (1860s–1923), Paiute chief
* Posey (surname)
* Po ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
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.
History
Rapture was originally called "White's Settlement", and is one of the oldest communities in Posey County. It was laid out in 1838 by John Cox, and became known as "Winfield", and also "Bugtown". The present name of Rapture may have come from a local horse. Cox Creek runs through the community.
A post office was established at Rapture in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1902.
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reported in 2011 that just one person lives in Rapture, where they own a home, rental property and airplane hangar. The airplane landing strip is known as "Bugtown Airport".
Rapture was the setting for Terence Faherty's 1999 novel ''The Ordained''.
Geography
Rapture is located on
Indiana State Road 68
State Road 68 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a route in Gibson, Posey, Spencer and Warrick counties.
Route description
State Road 68 begins in New Harmony at State Road 69 and runs east, passing through the towns of Poseyville, Cynthiana, ...
, between
Poseyville
Poseyville is a town in Robb Township, Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,045 at the 2010 census.
History
The town of Poseyville was originally called Palestine when the town was first surveyed and laid out by J ...