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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Phillip Parker Farm (c. 1875). 11048 Five Points Road. Center. Italianate.
2. James Wilson Farm (1865). 3761 East 200 South. Noble. Italianate.
3. George Guffin House (c. 1870). 1501 South 300 East. Noble. Italianate.
4. Little Flat Rock Christian Church (1919). 2471 South 450 East. Noble. Gothic Revival.
5. Samuel Logan House (1882). 3785 South 600 East. Noble. Italianate.
6. Amos Stephens House (c. 1855). 6248 Orange Pike. Noble. Greek Revival.
7. James Harcourt House (1880–1881). 7516 South 500 West. Orange. Second Empire.
8. Paul Folger House (1861). 6144 South 900 West. Orange. Greek Revival.
9. Robert Steward Farm (c. 1845). 7157 State Route 244. Orange.
10. William Winslow Farm (c. 1885). 9505 West 600 North. Posey. Italianate/Eastlake.
11. Thomas Newby Farm (1878). 6581 West 800 North. Ripley. Italianate.
12. Maurice Manche House (1919). 8756 North 900 West. Ripley. Craftsman.
13. Walker Jeffries Farm (c. 1850). 7671 West 1200 North. Ripley. Greek Revival.
14. Archibald Kennedy House (1864). 2317 East 200 North. Rushville. Italianate.
15. Thomas McKee Farm (c. 1855). 319 East 350 South. Rushville. Greek Revival/Italianate.
16. Chester Moore House (c. 1870). 1262 East 450 South. Rushville. Italianate.
17. Joseph Cline House (c. 1850). 1999 East 450 South. Rushville. Greek Revival. Razed.
18. Jacob Blacklidge House (1864). 2890 East 200 North. Union. Gothic Revival.
19. John Arnold Farm (1853). 1744 North 450 East. Union. Gothic Revival.
20. Timothy White Farm (c. 1875). 2418 Gings Road. Union. Italianate.
21. Jefferson Helm House (c. 1845). 4102 State Route 44. Union. Federal.
22. Josiah Alger Farm (c. 1870). 5383 State Route 44. Union. Italianate.
23. Homer Christian Union Church (1910). 2274 South 715 West. Walker. Gothic Revival.
24. George Lail House (c. 1880). 6891 North 700 East. Washington. Italianate.
25. Washington Township School Ruins (1906). East 900 North, east of Raleigh. Romanesque.

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