Map of Rushville village, Ohio

Rushville is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 302 at the 2010 census. Much of the village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Rushville Historic District.

Rushville takes its name from Little Rush Creek, which runs between the villages of Rushville and West Rushville. The town was founded in 1808 by Joseph Turner and became a prosperous stop along the old Zane’s Trace road constructed in 1797 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane. Rushville was known as a stop on the Underground Railroad in the years prior to the Civil War. Several fugitive slaves who died in Rushville while seeking freedom in Canada are buried in the nearby Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Rushville village overview:
Name:	Rushville village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Fairfield County
Elevation:	1,050 ft (320 m)
Total Area:	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km²)
Land Area:	0.24 sq mi (0.62 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	304
Population Density:	1,266.67/sq mi (488.25/km²)
ZIP code:	43150
Area code:	740
FIPS code:	3969204
GNISfeature ID:	1065259

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Rushville online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.