The City's Public Works Department has made emergency repairs to the City Pool's filtration system and is currently testing the system to determine if it will withstand prolonged usage. We will make a determination next week about when the pool will open for public usage.

Welcome to Rusk

RUSK, TEXAS. Rusk, the county seat and second largest city of Cherokee County, is near the geographic center of the county at the junction of U.S. highways 69 and 84, State Highway 110, and Farm roads 241, 343, 752, 768, 1248, 1857, and 2972, 120 miles southeast of Dallas. The town was established by an act of the Texas legislature on April 11, 1846, which defined the boundaries of Cherokee County and called for the county seat to be named for Gen. Thomas Jefferson Rusk, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence

Summers in Rusk

Jim Hogg Park is located at  334 Fire Tower Road in Rusk Texas, if you are traveling through

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Rusk Citizens Police Academy

  For more information on this program contact the Rusk Police Department 903-683-2677

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Certified Retirement Community

There's no denying Lone Star pride! GO TEXAN, with its signature mark in the shape of Texas, celebr

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The Heart of East Texas