Rush County, Kansas

**Rush County** (standard abbreviation: **RH**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,956 people lived there. The county seat is La Crosse. La Crosse is also the biggest city in Rush County.

### 19th century

In 1867, **Rush County** was created. Rush County was organized on December 5, 1874. La Crosse and Rush Center competed to become the county seat. This lasted 10 years until La Crosse finally became the county seat.

### 20th century

The first county fair was held in 1910 south of Rush Center.

### 21st century

In 2015, the "Alexander Wind Farm" was built south of Alexander. It cost about $85 million. It generates 48 megawatts of power.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.03%) is water.

Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River, goes through the county. Other streams help provide it water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.5%** _1,350_|style="text-align:center;"|17.6% _295_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.6%** _1,197_|style="text-align:center;"|15.5% _233_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.9% _73_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.3%** _1,166_|style="text-align:center;"|23.4% _367_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.8%** _1,225_|style="text-align:center;"|28.3% _504_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.5%** _1,226_|style="text-align:center;"|28.9% _517_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _46_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.6%** _1,235_|style="text-align:center;"|27.2% _505_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% _114_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.3%** _1,239_|style="text-align:center;"|27.5% _547_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.2% _203_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**35.7%** _756_|style="text-align:center;"|32.6% _689_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.7% _670_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.5%** _1,045_|style="text-align:center;"|47.4% _1,020_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.1% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _1,758_|style="text-align:center;"|28.4% _718_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.5%** _1,840_|style="text-align:center;"|21.7% _557_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.8% _175_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|45.3% _1,170_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.7%** _1,359_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.3%** _1,639_|style="text-align:center;"|32.1% _806_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _67_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _1,471_|style="text-align:center;"|33.8% _864_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _225_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|37.9% _1,098_|style="text-align:center;"|**61.3%** _1,778_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.9%** _1,668_|style="text-align:center;"|45.8% _1,418_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.9%** _2,007_|style="text-align:center;"|34.9% _1,080_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.5%** _2,650_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _843_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _1,840_|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _1,360_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.8%** _2,193_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _1,076_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.8%** _2,394_|style="text-align:center;"|39.7% _1,588_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|41.1% _1,733_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.8%** _2,482_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|38.0% _1,433_|style="text-align:center;"|**60.3%** _2,275_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _66_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.0%** _1,985_|style="text-align:center;"|39.2% _1,296_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.3%** _1,780_|style="text-align:center;"|25.3% _787_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.4% _542_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.4%** _2,017_|style="text-align:center;"|22.0% _605_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.6% _125_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _1,223_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _1,478_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _235_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|11.5% _210_|style="text-align:center;"|**47.5%** _870_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|41.0% _751_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|45.0% _764_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.7%** _894_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _39_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _883_|style="text-align:center;"|37.6% _570_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.2% _64_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|48.5% _681_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.0%** _717_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|44.1% _515_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.1%** _643_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _570_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**52.5%** _630_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _681_|style="text-align:center;"|36.6% _424_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% _55_|

Rush County is very Republican.

### Unified school districts

- LaCrosse USD 395
- Otis-Bison USD 403

### Cities

- Alexander
- Bison
- La Crosse
- Liebenthal
- McCracken
- Otis
- Rush Center
- Timken

## More reading

- _Plat book of Rush County, Kansas_; North West Publishing Co; 33 pages; 1901.

## Other websites

- County
- Rush County - Directory of Public Officials
- Historical
- History of Cities in Rush County
- Maps
- Rush County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Rush County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Rush County, Kansas, courthouse from E 2.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Rush County courthouse in La Crosse, Kansas, La Crosse (2016)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: Alexander Rush
- **seat wl**: La Crosse
- **largest city wl**: La Crosse
- **area total sq mi**: 718
- **area land sq mi**: 718
- **area water sq mi**: 0.2
- **area percentage**: 0.03
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2956
- **population density sq mi**: 4.1
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central