Welcome to Rusk ...

Rusk is located in Dunn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rusk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Rusk is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rusk lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rusk: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Rusk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Rusk - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rusk.

Communities near Rusk ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rusk.

• Eau Claire
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Eau Claire is located in Eau Claire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eau Claire
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69,087 people
• Menomonie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Menomonie is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menomonie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,599 people
• Glenwood City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
• Colfax
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
• Boyceville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Boyceville is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people
• Elk Mound
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
• Elmwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmwood is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 790 people
• Knapp
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Knapp is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
• Wheeler
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Wheeler is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
• Downing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Downing is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rusk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rusk.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rusk. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rusk.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rusk. See our Newspapers Page for Rusk.

Adding Rusk to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rusk in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rusk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rusk post office opened in 1873. The Rusk post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rusk.