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Rusk County, Wisconsin

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3historic places

—earliest paper

1901formed

14,188pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Ladysmith, Town of Hawkins.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Flambeau Mission Church	Ladysmith	Building	1979
McFarlane, Harold J. and Agnes, Stone House and Barn	Town of Hawkins	Building	2016
State Bank of Ladysmith	Ladysmith	Building	1980

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 1901 (1901-05-24) from Chippewa.

GATES (now RUSK) created from CHIPPEWA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Rusk County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
11,160	16,403	17,737	16,790	14,794	15,589	15,347	14,188

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

25 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Apollonia Catholic Cemetery	45.44662	-91.3032
Apollonia Protestant Cemetery	45.44661	-91.3042
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery	45.43599	-91.51686
Blue Hills Cemetery	45.50048	-91.35934
Bruce Protestant Cemetery	45.46337	-91.27177
Conrath Cemetery	45.37959	-91.04779
Glenview Cemetery	45.50599	-90.88362
Hillcrest Cemetery	45.51809	-90.70074
Ingram Cemetery	45.50649	-90.8218
Island Lake Cemetery	45.32811	-91.36311
Mud Lake Cemetery	45.3107	-91.346
Old Ladysmith Cemetery	45.45357	-91.10514
Polish Cemetery	45.42531	-91.48559
Riverside Cemetery	45.48297	-91.08836
Saint Anns Cemetery	45.58965	-91.21961
Saint Francis Cemetery	45.30229	-91.19795
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.47503	-91.27164
Saint Marys Cemetery	45.58935	-90.71196
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery	45.4212	-91.41872
Servants of Mary Cemetery	45.45524	-91.11362
South Lawrence Cemetery	45.43247	-90.82287
Swedish Cemetery	45.51615	-90.90551
Tony Cemetery	45.481	-91.00947
Weyerhaeuser Cemetery	45.4202	-91.4142
Woodlawn Cemetery	45.31773	-90.97342

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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