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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Rush. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rush to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rush, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Rush (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Rush. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Rush is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion County.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Baxter, Boone, Searcy, Ozark (MO) & Taney (MO).

Below are the counties that are near Rush. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rush:

  • Marion County     (The home county of Rush)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Rea Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yellville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Flippin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Summit
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Summit is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
    • Bruno
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Eros
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bull Shoals
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Pyatt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pyatt is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Dodd City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Dodd City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd City
    • Oakland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Monarch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Price Place
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Baxter County
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Everton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Zinc
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zinc is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Rally Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Valley Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elixir ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • South Lead Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • South Lead Hill is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lead Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
    • Keener ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bellefonte
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Bergman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lead Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fulton County
  • Izard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Iuka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Calico Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Pineville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Dolph
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Dolph is located in Izard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Western Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hasty
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hasty is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
    • Mount Judea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
  • Searcy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Cozahome
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Harriet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Pine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Gilbert
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Joe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Baker
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Marshall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pindall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Pindall is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
    • Blanco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Blanco is located in Searcy County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
    • Leslie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Watts
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Witt's Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Alco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Alco is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
    • Onia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Onia is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
    • Fifty-Six
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Timbo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fox is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
  • Van Buren County
  • Ozark County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.
    • Pontiac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Sundown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Sundown is located in Ozark County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rush, see our County-by-County Page for Rush.

Cemeteries Near Rush ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rush.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Rush - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rush covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Rush itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rush, with the one closest to Rush listed first.

  • Tomahawk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomahawk is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Yellville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Flippin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Buford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Buford is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
  • Gassville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bruno
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Big Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Independence ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Independence is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • George's Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • George's Creek is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George's Creek
  • Saint Joe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Duff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Duff is located in Searcy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Stone ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Stone is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
    • Marshall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Powell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Powell is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rush. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rush.

Newspapers Published in Rush ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rush.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rush, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rush.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rush:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.