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Rusk County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1843formed

52,214pop. 2020

228cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Henderson, Tatum, Mount Enterprise.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Rusk titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Concord School	Mount Enterprise	Building	2024
Crim, Elias and Mattie, House	Henderson	Building	2005
Harmony Hill Site	Tatum	Site	1976
Henderson Commercial Historic District	Henderson	District	1995
Hudnall-Pirtle Site	Easton	Site	1991
Monte Verdi Plantation	Cushing	Building	2014
Musgano Site	Tatum	Site	1976

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Rusk was formed in 1843 (1843-01-16) from Nacogdoches, small areas of HARRISON, Shelby.

RUSK created by the Republic of Texas from NACOGDOCHES and small areas of HARRISON and SHELBY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Rusk County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,148	15,803	18,986	26,099	31,689	51,023	42,348	36,421	41,382	47,372	52,214

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

228 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 228 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alston Family Cemetery	None	None
Anadarko Cemetery	31.92573	-94.87985
Antioch Cemetery	32.21747	-94.70022
Asbury Cemetery	None	None
Bane Cemetery	31.95033	-94.73117
Barham Cemetery	None	None
Barker Family Cemetery	31.9993	-94.74074
Barker Grave	None	None
Barksdale-Young Cemetery	None	None
Barton Grave	None	None
Baysinger Cemetery	31.87862	-94.83823
Beaver Springs Cemetery	32.1645	-94.8412
Beavers Family Cemetery	31.95266	-94.60532
Berry-Johnson Cemetery	None	None
Bethel Cemetery	32.0766	-94.78413
Birdwell Cemetery	None	None
Blackjack Cemetery	32.14834	-94.8794
Blackjack Cemetery II	32.14771	-94.88054
Blanton Cemetery	31.88951	-94.86595
Blanton Cemetery	31.92195	-94.79479
Boles Cemetery	None	None
Booker Cemetery	31.97023	-94.75769
Booker Cemetery	None	None
Bradford Cemetery	None	None
Breedville Cemetery	None	None
Brewer Cemetery	None	None
Bridges Cemetery	32.13877	-94.62965
Brown Cemetery	None	None
Buckner Cemetery	32.10933	-94.60271
Burk Graves	None	None
Caison-Heath Cemetery	None	None
Caledonia Cemetery	None	None
Campground Cemetery	31.93628	-94.64576
Chalk Hill Cemetery	None	None
Chapel Hill Cemetery	None	None
Chapman Cemetery	32.16738	-94.7066
Choice Cemetery	32.3671	-94.948
Compton Cemetery	None	None
Concord Cemetery	None	None
Cool Springs Cemetery	31.97933	-94.89772
County Line Cemetery	None	None
Craig Cemetery	32.15238	-94.70799
Crim Chapel Cemetery	None	None
Cross Roads Cemetery	None	None
Crow Cemetery	32.12183	-94.75438
Dalby Cemetery	None	None
Dansby Cemetery	31.89239	-94.85716
Davis Cemetery	32.10766	-94.82827
Duncan Cemetery	32.05961	-94.92244
Dunklin Cemetery	None	None
Easton Cemetery	None	None
Ebenezer Cemetery	None	None
Edmonson Cemetery	31.93906	-94.67854
Egypt Cemetery	None	None
Elderville Cemetery	None	None
Eliware Cemetery	None	None
Elkins - Bagley Cemetery	31.92192	-94.83164
Everett Graves	None	None
Finley Place Cemetery	None	None
Flanagan Cemetery	None	None
Florey Cemetery	32.35376	-94.97734
Fortson Cemetery	32.33571	-94.98105
Foster Cemetery	31.89711	-94.55715
Furlow Cemetery	None	None
Gage Cemetery	31.9985	-94.78105
Gardner Grave	None	None
Garrett Cemetery	31.99267	-94.91244
Garrison Cemetery	None	None
Gary Hill Cemetery	None	None
Gaston Grave	None	None
Gatlin Cemetery	None	None
Gibson Cemetery	None	None
Glenfawn Cemetery	31.90573	-94.85855
Good Springs Cemetery	None	None
Gould Cemetery	31.92211	-94.7941
Greeley Cemetery	None	None
Greenwood Cemetery	None	None
Griffin Cemetery	None	None
Hale Cemetery	None	None
Hall Cemetery	31.9735	-94.61493

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Crims Chapel	32.25655	-94.78382

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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