Rush County, Indiana

Founding: 1822
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Benjamin Rush, Founding Father
Seat: Rushville (1822–)

Land area: 408 square miles

Population (2020): 16,752

Population (historic): 9,707 (1830); 16,193 (1860); 19,238 (1880); 20,148 (1900); 19,412 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860–1880; 1890s; 1920s; 1940–1960; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; three CDPs; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,841 (37.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,845
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,766

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,044
Average farm size (1920): 108.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia

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Rushville

Namesake: Benjamin Rush, Founding Father

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1842 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,208

Population (historic): 742 (1850); 1,696 (1870); 4,541 (1900); 5,709 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1960; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,232 (41.4%)

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