Rushford is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States.

[4] The first pioneers pole-boated up the Root River to the junction of Rush Creek, peering through 10-foot tall grasses to see what astonishing beauty the bluff lands had to offer.

The early settlers gave Rushford its name on Christmas Day in 1854, during a chicken supper hosted by Capt.

Rushford has had a post office in operation since 1856,[6] and the 1867 two-story Railroad Depot still stands at its original site, being restored as a Visitors Center for the local area.

[7] Rushford's spirit bounced back to produce a very bustling and thriving community..

Rushford is located in southeastern Minnesota's Bluff Country, part of the driftless area.

Every five years, Rushford holds a citywide Homecoming celebration, with a standing invitation to all former residents of the city to return and visit.

Rushford is one of several towns intersected by the Root River segment of the Blufflands State Trail, a Rails to Trails project linking several small towns along 42 miles of the former railroad grade.