Rushville At the meeting of the county board on October 9, 1885, a petition was presented asking for the incorporation of the village of Rushville. The petition being legally sufficient, the board named the following members of the first Rushville trustees : Peter Bruhn. Chris Mosler, Ed. McEachron, L. F. Enderly and O. Meservy. The first levy of taxes for village purposes was was made in June, 1886, while W". H. Martin was clerk of the village board. The meeting place of the board was in "Tully's store," and the levy made was seven mills.
Gordon On November 19, 1885, a petition was presented to the county board asking for the creation of the village of Gordon. The petition being sufficient legally, the request was granted, and the following were named the first trustees: A. S. Holmes, John G. Fritz, M. Swigert, M. Morrisey and L. F. Rinehardt. There must have been an early change in the membership for in June, 1886, F. J. Andreas was chairman of the board. L. O. Hill was village clerk, and the first levy was ten mills for village purposes.
Hay Springs
November 19, 1885. the people of Hay Springs also presented a sufficient petition for the incorporation of the village. The county commissioners named the following persons as trustees for the village : William Waterman, A. McKinney, George Millard, George Ballet and J. E. Brown. On June 7th following M. Finch was the village clerk and the first village levy was made at ten mills.