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Alexander
Bison
LaCrosse
Liebenthal
Loretto
McCracken
Nekoma
Otis
Rush Center
Timken

Alexander

Originally established as a trading post on the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Trail, Alexander is the oldest town in Rush County, founded in 1869.

Churches

United Methodist Church, 103 E. Kepner

Golden Keys Senior Center, 201 Main

Bison is named in honor of the buffalo (bison), once numerous across the prairies.

Churches

United Methodist Church, W. 1st

Otis-Bison Middle School, Main Street

Community Center/Library, 202 Main Street

LaCrosse is known as the "Barbed Wire Capital of the World"_TM. LaCrosse is also the county seat.

Churches

First Christian Church, 619 Oak
First Lutheran Church, 304 Columbia
Harvest Church, 9th and Locust
New Covenant Fellowship, 8th and Columbia
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 8th and Columbia
St. Michael's Catholic Church, 918 Lincoln
United Methodist Church, 3rd and Washington

LaCrosse High School, 400 Washington
LaCrosse West Grade School, 511 Elm
USD 395, 616 Main

Sixty Plus Club, 704 Main
Barnard Library, 521 Elm

Bhargava Clinic, 817 Locust
Central Rush County EMS, 119 West 9th
Rush County Health Department, 611 Peace
Rush County Memorial Hospital, 801 Locust
Rush County Nursing Home, 701 West 6th
Rush County Wellness Center, 611 Peace

Liebenthal was founded by the immigrants of the Saratov/Volga region of the Ukraine in Russia.

Churches

St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 101 E. 2nd

McCracken annually hosts one of the states largest rodeos. The McCracken Rodeo has won distinction as KPRA Rodeo of the Year again in 2004.

Churches

United Methodist Church, 307 1st Street

Golden Agers, 502 W. Locust
Community Center, 402 1st Street
Public Library, 303 Main

Otis has one of the largest facilities in the United States for extracting helium from natural gas.

Churches

United Methodist Church Parish   UMC History
Trinity Lutheran Church, 200 W. Ellen

Otis-Bison Senior High School
Otis-Bison Intermediate School

Community Library, 122 S. Main Street
Otis Senior Center

Otis Medical Clinic
Otis Fire Department and Ambulance

Rush Center annually hosts the county's largest Saint Patricks Day Parade. Learn more about Rush Center at www.skyways.org/towns/rushcenter

Churches

Hope Lutheran Church, 308 S. Walnut

Walnut Valley Senior Citizen Center, 220 Washington
Community Library, 220 Washington
Walnut City Masonic Lodge #215 AFAM, S. Elm

Timken is named after Henry Timken, the man who developed the Timken Roller Bearing

Churches

Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rt. 2

Timken Senior Center