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Rusk County

county in Texas, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_texas Q110773
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Summary

Rusk County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (county of texas category, ranking #73 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Henderson[6]
  • Shares border with: Smith County[7], Gregg County[8], Harrison County[9], Panola County[10], Shelby County[11], Nacogdoches County[12], Cherokee County[13]
  • Named after: Thomas Jefferson Rusk[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Henderson[15], Kilgore[16]
  • Commons category: Rusk County, Texas[17]
  • Inception: 1843[18]
  • Coordinate location: 32.11, -94.76[19]
  • Official website: http://www.co.rusk.tx.us[20], https://www.ruskcountytx.gov/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rusk County, Texas[22]
  • Population: 53,330[23], 53,402[24], 53,706[25], 54,013[26], 53,622[27], 53,070[28], 52,214[29]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Rusk County, Texas[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rusk County, Texas[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Q111629657[32]
  • Number of households: 18,056[33]
  • Native label: Rusk County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110411[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rusk County, Texas[36]
  • Different from: Rusk County[37]
  • Area: 2431[38]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.5[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Rusk County, Texas[40]
  • Per capita income: 27,267[41]

Why It Matters

Rusk County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Kilgore Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Rusk County, Texas.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Rusk County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222846
    Taxonomicon id → 1807997
    Umls cui → C3810636
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.co.rusk.tx.us, 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| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110411, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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