Rusk, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Rusk, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Rusk
Coordinates: 44°54′28″N 91°50′03″W / 44.90778°N 91.83417°W / 44.90778; -91.83417Coordinates: 44°54′28″N 91°50′03″W / 44.90778°N 91.83417°W / 44.90778; -91.83417
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Dunn
Town	Red Cedar
Elevation	899 ft (274 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1572746^[1]

Rusk is an unincorporated community located in the town of Red Cedar, Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. Rusk is located along Interstate 94 5 miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Menomonie. The community was originally named Gates after Milwaukee entrepreneur John L. Gates. In 1905, its name was changed to Rusk after Wisconsin governor Jeremiah M. Rusk.^[1]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rusk, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Municipalities and communities of Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States

County seat: Menomonie

City	Menomonie

Villages	Boyceville Colfax Downing Elk Mound Knapp Ridgeland Wheeler

Towns	Colfax Dunn Eau Galle Elk Mound Grant Hay River Lucas Menomonie New Haven Otter Creek Peru Red Cedar Rock Creek Sand Creek Sheridan Sherman Spring Brook Stanton Tainter Tiffany Weston Wilson

CDPs	Downsville Tainter Lake

Unincorporated communities	Baxter Caryville Cedar Falls Comfort Connorsville Dunnville Eau Galle Falls City Graytown‡ Hatchville‡ Irvington Meridean Norton Red Cedar Rock Falls Rusk Sand Creek Weston

Ghost towns	Old Tyrone Welch Point

Footnote	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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