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Welcome to Rush River ...

Rush River is located in Sibley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rush River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.

A typical abbreviation for Rush River: Rush Riv.

Rush River is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rush River lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Rush River ...

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

  • North Mankato
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Saint Peter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Belle Plaine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Le Sueur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Le Center
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Gaylord
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Arlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Winthrop
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Nicollet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Henderson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rush River.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rush River. 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 River.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rush River ...

Looking for more information about Rush River? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rush River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rush River.

Adding Rush River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rush River 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 River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rush River post office opened in 1868. The Rush River post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rush River.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Sibley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rush River - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/