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Rusk is a city in Cherokee County, Texas. The population was 5,085 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County. Rusk 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. The law stipulated that the new county seat be located within three miles of the county's geographical center and named a five-member commission to determine the town's exact site. Rusk is an commercial center for a surrounding agricultural, lumber, and iron ore area. The nearby Texas State Railroad, now operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmentqv and the Rusk State Park, attracts numerous tourists to the area.