Upton is an unincorporated community in western Black Township,

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 of Indiana. It is located about 5 miles northwest of the city of Mt. Vernon, the county seat of Posey County.

History

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

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.California Digital Newspaper Collection
/ref>

References

Unincorporated communities in Posey County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{PoseyCountyIN-geo-stub