Rush Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships of the same name, see Rush Township, Pennsylvania.

Rush Township,
Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania
Township
Settled area of Rush Township along PA 325
Settled area of Rush Township along PA 325
Location of Rush Township in Dauphin County (right) and of Dauphin County in Pennsylvania (left)
Location of Rush Township in Dauphin County (right) and of Dauphin County in Pennsylvania (left)
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyDauphin
Incorporated1820
Area
[1]
 • Total
24.46 sq mi (63.36 km2)
 • Land23.53 sq mi (60.95 km2)
 • Water0.93 sq mi (2.41 km2)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
226 Decrease
 • Estimate 
(2021)[2]
225
 • Density9.82/sq mi (3.79/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code717
FIPS code42-043-66744
Websitewww.rushtownshippa.com

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.[3]

Rush Township was named for Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[4]

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2022. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rush township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 21.