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Rusk County

county in Texas, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_texas Q110773
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Rusk County

Summary

Rusk County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_texas category, ranking #73 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rusk County was a member of North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority[3].
  • Rusk County is located in Texas[4].
  • Rusk County is in the country of United States[5].
  • Rusk County's instance of is recorded as county of Texas[6].
  • Rusk County's capital is recorded as Henderson[7].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Smith County[8].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Gregg County[9].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Harrison County[10].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Panola County[11].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Shelby County[12].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Nacogdoches County[13].
  • Rusk County's shares border with is recorded as Cherokee County[14].
  • Thomas Jefferson Rusk is named after Rusk County[15].
  • Rusk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Henderson[16].
  • Rusk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kilgore[17].
  • Rusk County's Commons category is recorded as Rusk County, Texas[18].
  • Rusk County's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[19].
  • 1843 marks the founding of Rusk County[20].
  • Rusk County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.11, 'lon': -94.76}[21].
  • Rusk County's official website is recorded as https://www.ruskcountytx.gov/[22].
  • Rusk County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rusk County, Texas[23].
  • Rusk County has a population of {'amount': '+53330'}[24].
  • Rusk County has a population of {'amount': '+53402'}[25].
  • Rusk County has a population of {'amount': '+53706'}[26].
  • Rusk County has a population of {'amount': '+54013'}[27].

Body

Geography

Rusk County is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in Texas[4].

Physical Characteristics

Rusk County covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2431'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+53330'}[24], {'amount': '+53402'}[25], {'amount': '+53706'}[26], {'amount': '+54013'}[27], {'amount': '+53622'}[29], and {'amount': '+53070'}[30].

Designation and Status

Rusk County's instance of is recorded as county of Texas[6].

History and Context

1843 marks the founding of Rusk County[20]. Thomas Jefferson Rusk is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

Rusk County draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_texas category, ranking #73 of 258).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Kilgore Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222846
    Taxonomicon id → 1807997
    Umls cui → C3810636
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  2. 7d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → https://www.ruskcountytx.gov/
    Category for people who died here → Q111629657
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Henderson, Kilgore
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1748]]: C110411, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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