Place:Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, United States

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NameRusk
TypeCity
Coordinates31.798°N 95.15°W
Located inCherokee, Texas, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery
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Rusk is a city and the county seat of Cherokee County in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 5,285.

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The town was established by an act of the Texas Legislature on April 11, 1846. It was named after Thomas Jefferson Rusk, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. 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. Three years later, in 2012, another local option election was held, to consider liquor sales. It also passed.

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