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History · Rush Township

Rush Township’s post office opened in 1848, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Millville Town Site and the Townsend House.

1848first post office
2on the National Register
49%homes built before 1940
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How Rush Township began

When was Rush Township founded?

1848

The Rush Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Millville (1840), Greenvale (1847) and Rush (1848), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 359178 years
Founding year: the first Rush Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Rush Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2003
Millville Town Site
Millville Town SiteTownsend House
BuildingsSites

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Upright and Wing1
Millville Town SiteSite
Townsend HouseGreek Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Millville
1840–1864
Greenvale
1847–1900
Rush
1848–1900
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Millville
Gone or out of use
Albion SchoolschoolBrown SchoolschoolEqual Rights SchoolschoolGreenvale Post Officepost officeJefferson SchoolschoolRobinson SchoolschoolRush Center SchoolschoolRush Post Officepost officeSimmons SchoolschoolWest Chelsea Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Rush Township
MillvilleOakwood

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Thompson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNora TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStockton Township1 historic placeB+Warren Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Rush Township’s history

What year was Rush Township founded?

The Rush Township post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Rush Township?

Two places: the Millville Town Site (listed 2003) and the Townsend House (2005).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.