Rush Island
Rush Island is an island in Des Moines, Iowa. Rush Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Gulfport, as well as near Lone Tree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States of America
- Also known as: “Big Rush Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Capitol Theater and Church of St. John the Baptist.
Capitol Theater
Theater building
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitol Theater> < was a 700-seat theater in Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1937, with the first showing being Mark Twain's classic The Prince and the Pauper.
Church of St. John the Baptist
Church
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The Church of St. John the Baptist is a historic church building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Together with St. Paul's Church in Burlington and St Mary's Church in West Burlington it forms Divine Mercy parish, which is a part of the Diocese of Davenport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gulfport and Burlington.
Gulfport
Hamlet
Gulfport is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 42, down from 54 at the 2010 census.
Burlington
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burlington is a city in Southeast Iowa. It is on the Mississippi River and has a population of about 27,000. From the raising of the American flag here in 1805 by Zebulon Pike to becoming a post of the American Fur Company in 1829 and then Iowa Territory's first territorial capital in 1838, Burlington has been a place of considerable historical value.
West Burlington
Town
West Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the Mississippi River city of Burlington. The population was 3,197 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Rush Island
- Categories: wetland, locality, and landform
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.83999° or 40° 50′ 24″ northLongitude
-91.08089° or 91° 4′ 51″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
86GCRWQ9+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 49926313OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4873793Wikidata ID
Q49675941
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In Other Languages
“Rush Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rush Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include O’connell Island and Baby Rush Island.
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