Rush County, Indiana

Founding: April 1, 1822
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), Founding Father
Seat: Rushville (1822–)

Land area: 408 square miles

Population (2010): 17,392

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

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

National Register listings: 28

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,841 (37.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.9%
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 (1746–1813), Founding Father

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

Population (2010): 6,341

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,232 (41.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. James Wilson Farm (1865). 3761 East 200S. Noble Township. Italianate.
2. George Guffin House (c. 1870). 1501 South 300E. Noble Township. Italianate.
3. Samuel Logan House (1882). 3785 South 600E. Noble Township. Italianate.
4. Stephens House (c. 1855). 6248 East Orange Pike. Noble Township. Greek Revival.
5. Stewart Farm (c. 1845). State Route 244, east of South 725W. Orange Township.
6. Thomas Newby Farm (1878). 6581 West CR 800N. Ripley Township. Italianate.
7. *Walnut Ridge Friends Meeting House (1866/1890). 8956 West 800N. Ripley Township.
8. Walker Jeffries Farm (c. 1850). 7671 West CR 1200N. Ripley Township. Greek Revival.
9. McKee Farm (c. 1855). 319 East CR 350S. Rushville Township. Greek Revival/Italianate.
10. Chester Moore House (c. 1875). East 450S. Rushville Township. Italianate.
11. Amos House (c. 1850). East 450S. Rushville Township. Greek Revival. Razed.
12. Jacob Blacklidge House (1864). 2890 East CR 200N. Union Township. Gothic Revival.
13. *John Arnold Farm (1853). North 450E. Union Township. Gothic Revival.
14. Timothy White Farm (c. 1875). East Gings Road, at North 240E. Union Township. Italianate.
15. Jefferson Helm House (c. 1845). 4102 State Route 44. Union Township. Federal.
16. Alger Farm (c. 1870). 5383 State Route 44. Union Township. Italianate.
17. *William Hall Farm (1854). 3172 East 900N. Washington Township.

1. *Rush County Courthouse (1896). Courthouse Square. Rushville. Richardsonian Romanesque.
2. *Wendell Willkie House (c. 1874). 601 North Harrison Street. Rushville. Italianate.
3. *St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church (1887). 426 North Morgan Street. Rushville. High Gothic.
4. *John Gowdy House (1888). 619 North Perkins Street. Rushville. Queen Anne.