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Welcome to Rushville ...

Rushville is located in Greenwood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rushville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Rushville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rushville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rushville: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Rushville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Rushville - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Rushville ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Abbeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • McCormick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ninety Six
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hodges
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Parksville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Plum Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bradley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rushville ...

Looking for more information about Rushville? 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 Rushville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rushville.

Adding Rushville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rushville 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 for Rushville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rushville post office opened in 1892.

We also found Rushville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rushville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Greenwood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rushville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Rushville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Rushville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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