| Official Name: | Upton, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Indiana#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Upton |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Posey |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Black |
| Coordinates: | 37.9644°N -87.9617°W |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 377 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47620 |
| Area Code: | 812, 930 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 445176 |
Upton is an unincorporated community in western Black Township, Posey County, 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.[1]
A post office was established at Upton in 1878, and remained in operation until 1904.[2] The community was named for a settler who lived near the train depot.[3]
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.[4]