Rush Hill, Missouri
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65280. The Survey maps it on the Laddonia quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRush Hill fell from 151 to 103 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 151 | |
| 2020 | 103 | -48 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1890 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1890 USGS Perry quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Laddonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Mexico quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
992 words on this townshipHistory of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Linn Township covers its boundary, old settlers, mills, churches.
Read the chapter on Linn Township - 992 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rush Hill: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Havenor Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hook Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hook-Leader Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Laclede Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mine Number Fifty-Two | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Snook Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rush Hill in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rush Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in town. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rush Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and a few power lines. One of the trees fell onto an unoccupied fifth wheel camper in Rush Hill destroying it. Two unoccupied vehicles in Laddonia suffered moderate damage from fallen tree limbs. |
| December 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Rush Hill | - | A tornado touched down about 2 and a half miles west of Laddonia. A grain silo was damaged at this location. The tornado rapidly skipped northeast and damaged a large machine shed about three quarters of a mile north of Laddonia. Also, it destroyed an airplane hanger on a nearby farm and blew down numerous trees. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Rush Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rush Hill | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laddonia | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Worcester | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Scotts Corner | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Benton City | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bassinger Corner | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Vandiver | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rices Corner | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Martinsburg | 8.4 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Rush Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2567000 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725673. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






