Rush County, Kansas

Founding: 1874 (declared in 1867)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Alexander Rush, Kansas soldier
Seat: Rush Center (1874–1884); LaCrosse (1884–)
Land area: 718 square miles
Population (2020): 2,956
Population (historic): 5,490 (1880); 6,134 (1900); 9,093 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1910
Subdivisions: Eight cities; 12 townships
National Register listings: Six
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 629 (33.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,240
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,153

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,170
Average farm size (1920): 283.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Russia, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Austria
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LaCrosse

 
Namesake: LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Founding: 1876 (platting); 1877 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,266
Population (historic): 513 (1890); 806 (1910); 1,355 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 140 (19.4%)
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