Rusk is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,085 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.

Geography

Rusk is located at 31°47′54″N 95°09′00″W / 31.798254°N 95.149865°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km), of which, 6.8 square miles (17.7 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) of it (0.29%) is water.

History

Rusk has been home to three former governors, James Stephen Hogg, Thomas M. Campbell, and John B. Kendrick (Governor of Wyoming).

The town was established by an act of the Texas legislature on April 11, 1846. By 1850, Rusk reportedly had 355 residents. A post office was authorized on March 8, 1847.

The City of Rusk is no longer dry; a beer and wine local option election passed on May 9, 2009.

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Wed Sep 8 12:45:33 2010

Anyone live in East Texas?
Q. How about Diboll, Lufkin, Central, Hudson, Huntington, Corrigan, Rusk, ? You live in any of them towns in East Texas?
Asked by Bandnerd - Sun Oct 8 21:48:21 2006 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments

A. palestine texas
Answered by awommack - Sun Oct 8 22:03:07 2006

Is there any small public ponds in East Texas that is good for float Tube fishing?
Q. I know Rusk State park has a good small lake and the Neches River has some good pools but I would like to know other spots I agree Texas has great lakes. I have a 15 foot Jon boat with a 15 horse 4 cycle engine for lakes like Palestine, Lake Tyler, Caddoo Lake Sam Rayburn, Whitney Cleaburn, Cedar Creek Lake fork etc. I want small ponds for my float tube. I will probably use it a lot at tyler State Park as I live near it and go there very often. But still for float tubing I prefer small ponds. I have fished the large lakes 40 years and know most of them. I just don't know of any small ponds.
Asked by Crazy Wolf - Thu Dec 25 17:59:12 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. how far are you from lake pat cleburne? or whitney? the upper end of whitney is nice. don't limit yourself to just small ponds. texas has the best bess fishing in the world in it's lakes. just don't go too far off shore. "fishing buddy" makes a good depth finder for tubing.
Answered by bassplayer_1313 - Thu Dec 25 18:48:19 2008

Why do people think that it's okay to hurt cats? Why don't they stop people that hurt animals?
Q. Peta rallies supporters to demand charges against juvenile in cat shooting county prosecutor silent on charges despite mound of evidence. PETA Warns That 13-Year-01d Could Pose Serious Risk to Community. In Alto, Texas after a 13-ycarold Alto boy reportedly admitted to the January 4 fatal shooting of a cat on the animal's family's property and an ensuing investigation turned up further evidence of the crime. PETA wrote to Cherokee County Attorney Craig Caldwell urging him to file felony cruelty-to-animals charges against the boy in accordance with the Texas Penal Code. In his reply, Caldwcll stated that because the suspect is a juvenile, Caldwell could not release records and files on the case-despite the fact that PETA was only… [cont.]
Asked by meanjiggles - Mon Apr 30 09:24:45 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. People think it is okay to hurt animals in general because they are "just animals" which is absolute bullcrud. We need to raise the penalties for animal abuse, endangerment, and neglect. From the information provided, I do want to mention that I think the person that shot the cat and the owner of the cat should both be punished, because if the cat was inside, he would not have been in the position to be shot. The ASPCA is also working to increase penalties for animal related crimes, hopefully making these instances felanies.
Answered by erinn83bis - Mon Apr 30 09:29:16 2007

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A weekend camping trip by the North Texas Camping Club "TNCC&quot​; to Rusk State Park in 2001. The group took a trip on the Texas State ... youtube.com.

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We were in Texas on vacation and i wanted to stop and see some steam. We see in this video 300 turning around on the Wye in Rusk. youtube.com.

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News-Journal.com East Texas Child Advocates serves Gregg, Rusk , Upshur and Panola counties. There are about 200 children in foster care in those four counties, she said. ...
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Lufkin Daily News ... buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, near Rusk . For more information, contact Cindy McMullen, 303 Alice Lane, Huntington, TX (936) 422-5316 (evenings) or by ...
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News-Journal.com The Longview MSA includes Gregg, Rusk and Upshur counties. Despite the big percentage jump, however, Longview-area per capita incomes continued to lag the ...

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Amelia Owens Theodosia Owens and Ada B Nelson were 1st cousins on the Nelson side James Jefferson Glasscock Walker R and WIllie Stokes were all 1st cousins on the Isbell side Hopewell School Cushing I am not sure of where or when this pic was taken My uncle said he thought it was around 1922 at Hopewell but someone may know for sure

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