Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston is the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston micropolitan area which includes all the Lincoln Parish.

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City
City of Ruston
Cyclist riding north on North Vienna Street
Nickname(s):  Louisiana's College Town; The Peach City; Rus Vegas
Interactive map of Ruston
Coordinates: 32°31′47″N 92°38′26″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Lincoln
Incorporated	1885 (1885)
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Ronny Walker (R)
Area
• Total	21.21 sq mi (54.93 km2)
• Land	21.14 sq mi (54.75 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation	331 ft (101 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,166
• Density	1,048.58/sq mi (404.86/km2)
• µSA (2020)	48,396 (US: 228th)
• CSA (2020)	255,500 (US: 123rd)
Demonym	Rustonian
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	71270, 71272, 71273
Area code	318
Interstate
U.S.
Louisiana
Airport	Ruston Regional Airport
Website	ruston.org

Geography

Ruston is located at 32°31′47″N 92°38′26″W (32.529674, -92.640466) and has an elevation of 331 feet (100.9 m).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 21.2 square miles (55 km²), of which, 21.1 square miles (55 km²) of it is land and 0.07 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.3%) is water.

Regional cities and their distance from Ruston, Louisiana include:

City	Miles
Monroe, Louisiana	32 miles
Shreveport, Louisiana	68 miles
Jackson, Mississippi	152 miles
El Dorado, Arkansas	53 miles
Texarkana, Texas	139 miles
Little Rock, Arkansas	171 miles
New Orleans, Louisiana	296 miles
Lufkin, Texas	185 miles
Alexandria, Louisiana	94 miles
Vicksburg, Mississippi	109 miles

Education

College

College	City
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston
Grambling State University	Grambling

Media

list of Media in the Ruston Micropolitan area and East Central Ark-la-tex:

Newspaper

Newspaper	Serve
Ruston Daliy News	City of Ruston

AM

Channel	Callsign	Format	Owner
1490	KRUS	Urban contemporary	Example

FM

Channel	Callsign	Format	Owner
88.3	KAPI	Example	Example
89.1	KLPI	Example	Example
91.5	KGRM	Example	Example
94.1	KRLQ	Classic Country	Example
95.5	KQWJ	Example	Jonesboro
97.7	KPCH	Sports	The Radio Center
99.3	KNBB	Oldies	The Radio Center
104.9	KTOC	Gospel	Jonesboro
107.5	KXKZ	Country	The Radio Center

Transportation

Interstates

Number		Highway
20		I-20

U.S.

Number		Number
63		U.S. 63
80		U.S. 80
167		U.S. 167

Point of Interest

Place	Address
Ruston Country Club	2000 S Vienna St, Ruston, LA 71270

Notable people

1. Trace Adkins, Country singer who attended Louisiana Tech; originally from Sarepta
2. Stephen Babcock, high-profile Louisiana trial lawyer who attended Ruston High School, and Louisiana Tech University.
3. C.E. Byrd, president of Louisiana Tech, and founder of C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport.
4. C.E. "Cap" Barham, attorney, state senator, and lieutenant governor
5. Charles C. Barham, attorney and former state senator
6. Leon Barmore, basketball coach who was born and reared in Ruston, played basketball at Louisiana Tech
7. George W. Bond, president of Louisiana Tech University from 1929 to 1936
8. Terry Bradshaw, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, attended Louisiana Tech
9. Kix Brooks, country music singer, who attended Louisiana Tech.
10. P.J. Brown, NBA player, attended Louisiana Tech
11. Mary Elizabeth Talbot Busbee (1927-2012), the First Lady of Georgia from 1975 to 1983, was born and reared in Ruston. Known as "Mary Beth", she was a medical technologist and a graduate of Louisiana Tech. Her husband was the late Democratic Governor George D. Busbee.
12. John Ardis Cawthon, education professor and regional historian at Louisiana Tech University
13. John R. Conniff, educator, president of Louisiana Tech from 1926 to 1928
14. Claybrook Cottingham, president of Louisiana College from 1910–1941, and Louisiana Tech president from 1941 until his death in 1949
15. Paul M. Davis, Jr., orthopedic surgeon and real estate developer in Alexandria, was born in Ruston in 1919.
16. Fred Dean, NFL Hall of Fame, attended Ruston High and Louisiana Tech
17. Hollis Downs former state representative; financial analyst; Louisiana Tech professor
18. Clarence Faulk, newspaper publisher, radio broadcaster, businessman
19. W. C. Friley, founder of Ruston College in late 1880s, a forerunner of Louisiana Tech; later president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and Louisiana College in Pineville, succeeded there in 1910 by Claybrook Cottingham
20. Will Cullen Hart Indie rock musician, visual artist, and founding member of the Elephant Six Collective and The Olivia Tremor Control, and leader of Circulatory System, attended Ruston High School and was a disc jockey at Louisiana Tech's radio station KLPI
21. Wiley W. Hilburn, journalist and author
22. Berry Hinton, baseball coach and Louisiana Tech alumni secretary
23. George B. Holstead, state representative from Lincoln Parish (1964–1980)
24. Sonja Hogg, founding coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters
25. John S. Hunt, III, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from 1964–1972, was born in Ruston.
26. Bert Jones, former NFL player, attended Ruston High School
27. Dub Jones, former NFL player, attended Ruston High.
28. K.D. Kilpatrick, mortician and former member of the Louisiana State Senate
29. Karl Malone, Basketball Hall of Famer, attended Louisiana Tech, currently lives in Ruston
30. Jeff Mangum, Indie rock musician and founding member of the Elephant Six Collective and Neutral Milk Hotel, attended Ruston High School and was a disc jockey at Louisiana Tech's radio station KLPI
31. Garnie W. McGinty, Louisiana historian
32. Paul Millsap, NBA player, attended Louisiana Tech
33. E. R. Minchew, educator
34. Ryan Moats, athlete, attended Louisiana Tech
35. Robert W. Mondy, historian of early years of Lincoln Parish and the American frontier
36. Luke McCown, NFL quarterback, attended Louisiana Tech
37. Kim Mulkey, head women's basketball coach at Baylor University, whose career as a player at Louisiana Tech placed her in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
38. L.D. "Buddy" Napper, attorney, former state representative, and minor league baseball player
39. Virgil Orr, former state representative; Louisiana Tech vice president
40. Morgan D. Peoples, historian
41. Elton C. Pody, mayor of Ruston from 1983 to 1991
42. Arthur T. Prescott, educator and founding president from 1894 to 1899 of Louisiana Tech University
43. Patrick Ramsey, athlete, attended Ruston High
44. Tim Rattay, athlete, attended Louisiana Tech
45. E.S. Richardson, president of Louisiana Tech from 1936–1941
46. Willie Roaf, NFL Hall of Fame player, attended Louisiana Tech
47. Scotty Robertson, high school, college, and professional basketball coach, died in Ruston in 2011
48. W. C. Robinson, mathematics professor and second president of Louisiana Tech from 1899 to 1900
49. Jimmy G. Shoalmire, historian, Ruston resident, 1958–1967
50. Robert C. Snyder, English professor at Louisiana Tech, a founder of the Lincoln Parish Library
51. Matt Stover, current NFL player, attended Louisiana Tech
52. George Stone, former National League pitcher with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.
53. Josh Scobee, current NFL player, attended Louisiana Tech
54. Don Shows, football coach
55. Mickey Slaughter, former NFL quarterback, attended, and later coached football for, Louisiana Tech
56. Polly Smith, photographer
57. Robert Schneider, Indie rock musician, record producer, founding member of the
58. Elephant Six Collective, and frontman of The Apples in Stereo, attended Ruston High School
59. Lawson Swearingen, reared in Ruston, former state senator, president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and professor of management at Southeastern Louisiana University
60. F. Jay Taylor, president of Louisiana Tech, 1962–1987
61. David William Thomas lived in Ruston during the early 1930s while he headed the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department
62. William Y. Thompson, historian
63. Robert O. Trout, sociologist
64. Kyle Williams, NFL player, attended Ruston High
65. John D. Winters, historian
66. Kenny Wright, 9-year NFL DB.(Minnesota Vikings 1999-2001, Houston Texans 2002-2004, Jacksonville Jaguars 2005, Washington Redskins 2006, and Cleveland Browns 2007)

Other websites

• City of Ruston
• Ruston-Lincoln Convention And Visitors Bureau
• Lincoln Parish