Rusk
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city in and county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Cherokee
- Total
- 7.26 sq mi (18.80 km )
- Land
- 7.23 sq mi (18.73 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 545 ft (166 m)
- Density
- 774.6/sq mi (299.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 430 , 903
- Fips code
- 48-63848
- Website
- City website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Rusk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cherokee County
- Population
- 5285
- Area
- 18.777894
- Elevation
- 158
- Capital of
- Cherokee County
- Shares border with
- Palestine
- Official website
- www.rusktx.com
- Image
- Confederate Monument, Cherokee County Courthouse, Rusk, Texas.jpg
- Households
- 1210
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- postal code
- 75785
- Commons category
- Rusk, Texas
- inception
- 1846-01-01
- different from
- Rusk County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3709
- per capita income
- 14341
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rusk is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States. At the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 5,285.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rusk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.