Rusk County, Texas
| Rusk County, Texas | |
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Rusk County Courthouse in Henderson
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1843 |
| Named for | Thomas Jefferson Rusk |
| Seat | Henderson |
| Largest city | Henderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 938 sq mi (2,429 km2) |
| • Land | 924 sq mi (2,393 km2) |
| • Water | 14 sq mi (36 km2), 1.5% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 53,330 |
| • Density | 58/sq mi (22/km²) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Rusk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 53,330. Its county seat is Henderson. The county is named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, a secretary of war of the Republic of Texas.
Rusk County is part of the Longview, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Longview–Marshall, TX Combined Statistical Area.
Travis Clardy, a Republican from Nacogdoches, is the Texas State Representative for House District 11, which includes Rusk County. Trent Ashby, a Republican from Lufkin who was born in Rusk County in 1972, represents District 57, which includes Angelina and several other mostly rural East Texas counties.
Originally a part of Nacogdoches County, Rusk was established as its own county by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on January 16, 1843. By 1850, it was the second most populous county in Texas out of the 78 counties that had been organized at that time, according to the 1850 census. Rusk County's population was 8,148 at this time; it was surpassed only by Harrison County with 11,822 people.
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