Monroe County > Rush -

County: Monroe

Population: 3,490

Some say the community was named after the rushes growing along the creek; others that it was named after Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Libraries: Rush Public Library

Emergency services: Rush Fire Department

Fraternal organizations: American Legion, Lions

Not-for-profit cemeteries: Rush Pine Hill Cemetery

Recent grants:

GRANT KEY:

Camp Haccamo
  Richard T Bell Foundation - Rochester, NY - $5,000  (2023)

Rush Volunteer Fire Department
  Rochester Area Community Foundation - Rochester, NY - $10,000  (2021)

Town of Rush
  Federal Emergency Management Agency - Washington, DC - $193,223  (2022)

Wheatland Community Church
  Verizon Foundation - Basking Ridge, NJ - $1,000  (2021)

Largest nonprofits in Rush (by assets) include:

Rochester Brooks Gun Club
Rush Fire Department
Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute
Rush Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation
Christ for Kids Ministries