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Welcome to Rush ...

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.

Rush was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Rush would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rush, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rush is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Rush was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Rush was located: 870 & 327<4>

Communities Also Named Rush ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Rush - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rush.

Communities near Rush ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rush.

  • Mountain Home
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gassville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bull Shoals
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Marshall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Flippin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Yellville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cotter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lakeview
    (16 miles [25.7 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
  • Norfork
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rush. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rush.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rush. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rush.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rush. See our Newspapers Page for Rush.

Adding Rush to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rush in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rush was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Rush post office opened in 1886. The Rush post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for 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>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rush - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Rush area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Rush area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/