Rush Valley is a town in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 453 at the 2000 census.
Rush Valley is located at 40°21′33″N 112°27′17″W / 40.35917°N 112.45472°W / 40.35917; -112.45472 (40.359077, -112.454657).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.3 square miles (47.5 km²), all of it land.
This area was first settled beginning in 1856. In 1934, a large area of some 33 square miles (85 km), comprising the settlements of Clover, St. John, and Vernon, was incorporated into a town called Onaqui. The incorporation was essentially a bureaucratic tactic to secure federal aid for development of municipal infrastructure, including from the Rural Electrification Administration. When the people of Vernon were granted a petition to incorporate separately on 22 February 1972, the remaining town was renamed Rush Valley.
As of the census of 2000, there were 453 people,…
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