Rush County, Indiana
Founding: April 1, 1822
Parent counties: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), Founding Father
Seat: Rushville (1822–)
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
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
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%)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,232 (41.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- James Wilson Farm (1865). 3761 East 200S. Noble Township. Italianate.
- George Guffin House (c. 1870). 1501 South 300E. Noble Township. Italianate.
- Samuel Logan House (1882). 3785 South 600E. Noble Township. Italianate.
- Stephens House (c. 1855). 6248 East Orange Pike. Noble Township. Greek Revival.
- Stewart Farm (c. 1845). State Route 244, east of South 725W. Orange Township.
- Thomas Newby Farm (1878). 6581 West CR 800N. Ripley Township. Italianate.
- *Walnut Ridge Friends Meeting House (1866/1890). 8956 West 800N. Ripley Township.
- Walker Jeffries Farm (c. 1850). 7671 West CR 1200N. Ripley Township. Greek Revival.
- McKee Farm (c. 1855). 319 East CR 350S. Rushville Township. Greek Revival/Italianate.
- Chester Moore House (c. 1875). East 450S. Rushville Township. Italianate.
- Amos House (c. 1850). East 450S. Rushville Township. Greek Revival. Razed.
- Jacob Blacklidge House (1864). 2890 East CR 200N. Union Township. Gothic Revival.
- *John Arnold Farm (1853). North 450E. Union Township. Gothic Revival.
- Timothy White Farm (c. 1875). East Gings Road, at North 240E. Union Township. Italianate.
- Jefferson Helm House (c. 1845). 4102 State Route 44. Union Township. Federal.
- Alger Farm (c. 1870). 5383 State Route 44. Union Township. Italianate.
- *William Hall Farm (1854). 3172 East 900N. Washington Township.
- *Rush County Courthouse (1896). Courthouse Square. Rushville. Richardsonian Romanesque.
- *Wendell Willkie House (c. 1874). 601 North Harrison Street. Rushville. Italianate.
- *St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church (1887). 426 North Morgan Street. Rushville. High Gothic.
- *John Gowdy House (1888). 619 North Perkins Street. Rushville. Queen Anne.
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