ush ford ▁is ▁a ▁town ▁in ▁Al leg any ▁County , ▁New ▁York , ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 1 , 1 5 0 ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census . ▁R ush ford ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁north west ▁part ▁of ▁Al leg any ▁County ▁and ▁is ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁O lean . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁sett ler ▁arrived ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 . ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁R ush ford ▁was ▁formed ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁from ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁C ane ade a . ▁Part ▁of ▁R ush ford ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁newer ▁town ▁of ▁New ▁Hudson ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁ ▁When ▁R ush ford ▁Lake ▁was ▁formed ▁by ▁a ▁dam ▁on ▁C ane ade a ▁Creek ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁the ▁communities ▁of ▁East ▁R ush ford ▁and ▁Kel log g ville ▁were ▁flo oded ▁by ▁the ▁rising ▁water . ▁ ▁Notable ▁people ▁ ▁Nelson ▁F . ▁Beck with , ▁former ▁Wisconsin ▁State ▁Assembly man . ▁Hir am ▁Bond , ▁corpor ate ▁lawyer ▁and ▁invest ment ▁bank er ▁whose ▁farm ▁in ▁Santa ▁Clara , ▁California , ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁Jack ▁London ▁as ▁the ▁opening ▁scene ▁in ▁The ▁Call ▁of ▁the ▁Wild . ▁Frank ▁W . ▁H igg ins , ▁former ▁Governor ▁of ▁New ▁York . ▁James ▁Mc Call , ▁former ▁New ▁York ▁State ▁Senator ▁Richard ▁Henry ▁Pr att , ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Carl is le ▁Indian ▁Indust rial ▁School ▁Philip