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Rusk County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk
- Seat
- Ladysmith
- Largest city
- Ladysmith
- Total
- 931 sq mi (2,410 km )
- Land
- 914 sq mi (2,370 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 1.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,146
- Density
- 15.5/sq mi (6.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .ruskcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Hawkins
- Capital
- Ladysmith
- Population
- 14188
- Area
- 2411
- Shares border with
- Barron County
- Official website
- www.ruskcounty.org
- Image
- Ladysmith Carnegie Library.jpg
- Households
- 6414
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- different from
- Rusk County
- Commons category
- Rusk County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Rusk County, Wisconsin
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- native label
- Rusk County
- inception
- 1901-00-00
- per capita income
- 27212
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Encyclopedic overview
Rusk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,188. Its county seat is Ladysmith. The Chippewa and Flambeau rivers and their tributaries flow through the county. The land ranges from corn/soybean farms and dairy farms to lakes rimmed with vacation homes to hiking trails through the Blue Hills.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rusk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.