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History · Rush Township

17% of Rush Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1892 on.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rush Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Rush Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18926 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1997. Watch Rush Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rush Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Rush Township on the map, 1892 to 1997

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Rush Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Rush Township on the 1892 USGS mapRush Township on the 1947 USGS mapRush Township on the 1955 USGS mapRush Township on the 1969 USGS mapRush Township on the 1977 USGS mapRush Township on the 1997 USGS map1892Lykens sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Rush Township.

The story so far

Rush Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rush Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Rush Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 226, a decline from the figure of 231 tabulated in 2000. Rush Township was named for Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 231 in 2010, 228 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Rush Township, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Rush Township, Dauphin County, PA Municipal Building, Sept. 20252025Rush Township, Dauphin County, PA Municipal Building,…Bendigo Airport buildings, Rush Township, Dauphin County, PA, Sept. 20252025Bendigo Airport buildings, Rush Township, Dauphin Cou…Bendigo Airport July 20072007Bendigo Airport July 2007
Famous people

Famous people close to Rush Township

Nobody well known was born in Rush Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Les BrownAmerican bandleader · b. 1912
Arthur Byron CobleAmerican mathematician · b. 1878
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Gary CollinsAmerican football player · b. 1940
Carl ScheibAmerican baseball player · b. 1927
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Dave HooverAmerican comic book artist and animator · b. 1955
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Dutch RombergerMajor League Baseball pitcher · b. 1927
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Jefferson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Hanover Township1 historic placeBMiddle Paxton Township1 historic placeB

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.