Rushville is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States.

[5] Rushville was known as a stop on the Underground Railroad in the years prior to the Civil War.

Several fugitive slaves who died in Rushville while seeking freedom in Canada are buried in the nearby Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.24 square miles (0.62 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the village was 97.01% White, 0.75% Native American, and 2.24% from two or more races.

About 12.7% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 66.7% of those 65 or over.