Ruston
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
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