Ruston

Also known as Ruston, Louisiana, Ruston, LA

small city and parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Louisiana
Parish: Lincoln
Incorporated: 1885 (141 years ago) ( 1885 )
Named after: Robert Edwin Russ
Type: Mayor-Council
Mayor: Ronny Walker ( R )
Total: 21.25 sq mi (55.05 km )
Land: 21.19 sq mi (54.88 km )
Water: 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km )
Elevation: 312 ft (95 m)
Density: 1,046.1/sq mi (403.92/km )
Demonym s: Rustonian, Rustonite
Time zone: UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC-5 ( CDT )
Zip code: 71270, 71272, 71273
Airport: Ruston Regional Airport
Website: ruston .org

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Official website

City of Ruston, Louisiana

As a university community, Ruston offers residents and visitors alike a quality of life that reflects the best of the American experience. Located at the crossroads of the South and Southwest, Ruston has all of the charm and warmth of a small Louisiana town while providing a wide variety of educational, cultural and economic opportunities. Our citizens enjoy a continuing celebration of the arts, outstanding sporting events, outdoor life, excellent schools, wonderful churches, unique shops and restaurants and a forward looking city government that welcomes new business, new people and new ideas.

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Ruston
Population: 22166
Area: 0.175428
Elevation: 102
Official website: www.ruston.org
Image: Presbyterian Church of Ruston, LA IMG 3783.JPG
Households: 8064
Dialing code: 318

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Commons category: Ruston, Louisiana
postal code: 71273
water as percent of area: 0.3239
inception: 1885-00-00
per capita income: 19309

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Ruston is a city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 population was 22,166. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Lincoln Parish.

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