# Why "Mt. Rushmore"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mt-rushmore/602457>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 10, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mt-rushmore/602457 "2011-11-10T01:45:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mt-rushmore/602457/1 "2011-11-10T01:45:51Z")

</div>

Why is this mount called Mt. Rushmore, anyway? Was it a rush job?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mt-rushmore/602457/2 "2011-11-10T01:49:40Z")

</div>

It was named after a bloke whose surname was Rushmore. For more detail than that, you’d have to look in Wikipedia.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-mt-rushmore/602457/3 "2011-11-10T02:47:22Z")

</div>

**Jinx**. I’ve closed this thread. You’ve been counseled previously to Google answers to simple questions. This would be one.

As **Mangetout** said, [Mt. Rushmore](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore) leads you to the simple answer.

**samclem** , Moderator