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Place Name
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Rush County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Rushville
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Population
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18,129 (1990)
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Location
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Indiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°37'N
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Longitude
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85°28'W
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Rush
, county (
408 sq mi/1,057 sq km; 1990 pop.
18,129), E central Ind.;  Rushville; 39°37'N 85°28'W.
Drained by Big Blue and Flatrock rivers. Wheat, soybeans, corn;
livestock, poultry; dairying; stone quarrying. Mfg. at Carthage and
Rushville. Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home
2 mi/3.2 km SSE of Knightstown. Formed 1821.
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