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.

History
19th century
In 1867, Rush County was created. Rush County was organized on December 5, 1874.Rush County, Kansas, Kansapedia 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.Siemens touts order for 21 wind turbines for Kansas project; KAKE tv; January 23, 2015. 

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.

People


Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202080.5% 1,35017.6% 2951.9% 32201679.6% 1,19715.5% 2334.9% 73201274.3% 1,16623.4% 3672.4% 37200868.8% 1,22528.3% 5042.9% 52200468.5% 1,22628.9% 5172.6% 46200066.6% 1,23527.2% 5056.2% 114199662.3% 1,23927.5% 54710.2% 203199235.7% 75632.6% 68931.7% 670198848.5% 1,04547.4% 1,0204.1% 88198469.5% 1,75828.4% 7182.1% 54198071.5% 1,84021.7% 5576.8% 175197645.3% 1,17052.7% 1,3592.0% 52197265.3% 1,63932.1% 8062.7% 67196857.5% 1,47133.8% 8648.8% 225196437.9% 1,09861.3% 1,7780.9% 25196053.9% 1,66845.8% 1,4180.4% 11195664.9% 2,00734.9% 1,0800.2% 7195275.5% 2,65024.0% 8430.5% 17194856.4% 1,84041.7% 1,3601.9% 62194466.8% 2,19332.8% 1,0760.4% 14194059.8% 2,39439.7% 1,5880.5% 19193641.1% 1,73358.8% 2,4820.1% 4193238.0% 1,43360.3% 2,2751.8% 66192860.0% 1,98539.2% 1,2960.8% 26192457.3% 1,78025.3% 78717.4% 542192073.4% 2,01722.0% 6054.6% 125191641.7% 1,22350.3% 1,4788.0% 235191211.5% 21047.5% 87041.0% 751190845.0% 76452.7% 8942.3% 39190458.2% 88337.6% 5704.2% 64190048.5% 68151.0% 7170.5% 7189644.1% 51555.1% 6430.9% 10189247.5% 57052.5% 630188858.7% 68136.6% 4244.7% 55

Rush County is very Republican.

Education

Unified school districts
 LaCrosse USD 395
 Otis-Bison USD 403

Communities

Cities

 Alexander
 Bison
 La Crosse
 Liebenthal
 McCracken
 Otis
 Rush Center
 Timken

References

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


Category:1867 establishments in Kansas