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History · Rushseba Township

33% of Rushseba Township’s homes were built before 1940

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33%homes built before 1940

What stands out about Rushseba Township’s past

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How Rushseba Township came to be

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Rushseba Township was organized in 1858. The county was named from the Rush River, and -seba, an Ojibwe language word meaning "river".

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Famous people

Famous people close to Rushseba Township

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Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

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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 Wikipedia 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.