Welcome to Rush Lake ...

Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rush Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

A typical abbreviation for Rush Lake: Rush Lk.

Rush Lake is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rush Lake: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Rush Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rush Lake - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Rush Lake ...

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

• Oshkosh
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Ripon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
• Berlin
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
• North Fond du Lac
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
• Omro
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Omro is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
• Winneconne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
• Redgranite
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
• Markesan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
• Princeton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
• Rosendale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people

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

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

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

Adding Rush Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rush Lake post office opened in 1883. The Rush Lake post office closed in 1954.

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