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Welcome to Rapture ...

Rapture is located in Posey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rapture, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Rapture is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rapture lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Rapture (for example, toward Spurgeon), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Rapture: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Rapture ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rapture - it's located in Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rapture.

Communities near Rapture ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rapture.

  • Evansville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Mount Vernon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Carmi
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Carmi is located in White County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carmi <4>
  • Fort Branch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Albion
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Albion is located in Edwards County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,889 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <4>
  • Haubstadt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Grayville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Darmstadt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Owensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rapture. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rapture.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rapture. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rapture.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rapture. See our Newspapers Page for Rapture.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rapture ...

Looking for more information about Rapture? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rapture, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rapture.

Adding Rapture to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rapture in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rapture was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rapture post office opened in 1892. The Rapture post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rapture.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Posey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rapture - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Rapture area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Rapture area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/