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Rusk County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk
- Seat
- Henderson
- Largest city
- Henderson
- Total
- 938 sq mi (2,430 km )
- Land
- 924 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 54,854
- Density
- 56.5/sq mi (21.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .ruskcountytx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rusk County Library in downtown Henderson Rusk County Tax Office in Henderson Rusk County is a county located in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 52,214. Its county seat is Henderson. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas.
Rusk County is part of the Longview, Texas metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rusk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.