Rush Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,144 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,297 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Valley Township
  Valley Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Valley Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,256 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Clay Township
  Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,792 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,971 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,105 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Morgan Township - north...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Rush Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of McDermott

McDermott, Ohio

McDermott is a census-designated place in western Rush Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45652.-History:...

 lies in the township's west.

Name and history

It is named for Dr. Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

, an early physician and Founding Father of the United States. Statewide, other Rush Townships are located in Champaign

Rush Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Rush Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,779 people in the township, 874 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Tuscarawas

Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Rush Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 Counties.

Rush Township was organized June 3, 1867 by Levi Kirkendall. Its earliest settlers date to 1796.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.