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.

Geography 

Ruston is located at  (32.529674, -92.640466) and has an elevation of .

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  of it (0.44%) is water.

Regional cities and their distance from Ruston, Louisiana include:

Education

College

Media 

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

Newspaper

AM

FM

Transportation

Interstates

U.S.

Point of Interest

Notable people 

 Trace Adkins, Country singer who attended Louisiana Tech; originally from Sarepta
 Stephen Babcock, high-profile Louisiana trial lawyer who attended Ruston High School, and Louisiana Tech University.
 C.E. Byrd, president of Louisiana Tech, and founder of C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport.
 C.E. "Cap" Barham, attorney, state senator, and 
 lieutenant governor
 Charles C. Barham, attorney and former state senator
 Leon Barmore, basketball coach who was born and reared in Ruston, played basketball at Louisiana Tech
 George W. Bond, president of Louisiana Tech University from 1929 to 1936
 Terry Bradshaw, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, attended Louisiana Tech
 Kix Brooks, country music singer, who attended Louisiana Tech.
 P.J. Brown, current NBA player, attended Louisiana Tech
 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.
 John Ardis Cawthon, education professor and regional historian at Louisiana Tech University
 John R. Conniff, educator, president of Louisiana Tech from 1926 to 1928
 Claybrook Cottingham, president of Louisiana College from 1910–1941, and Louisiana Tech president from 1941 until his death in 1949
 Paul M. Davis, Jr., orthopedic surgeon and real estate developer in Alexandria, was born in Ruston in 1919.
 Fred Dean, NFL Hall of Fame, attended Ruston High and Louisiana Tech
 Hollis Downs former state representative; financial analyst; Louisiana Tech professor
 Clarence Faulk, newspaper publisher, radio broadcaster, businessman
 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
 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
 Wiley W. Hilburn, journalist and author
 Berry Hinton, baseball coach and Louisiana Tech alumni secretary
 George B. Holstead, state representative from Lincoln Parish (1964–1980)
 Sonja Hogg, founding coach of the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters
 John S. Hunt, III, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from 1964–1972, was born in Ruston.
 Bert Jones, former NFL player, attended Ruston High School
 Dub Jones, former NFL player, attended Ruston High.
 K.D. Kilpatrick, mortician and former member of the Louisiana State Senate
 Karl Malone, Basketball Hall of Famer, attended Louisiana Tech, currently lives in Ruston
 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
 Garnie W. McGinty, Louisiana historia
 Paul Millsap, current NBA player, attended Louisiana Tech
 E. R. Minchew, educator
 Ryan Moats, athlete, attended Louisiana Tech
 Robert W. Mondy, historian of early years of Lincoln Parish and the American frontier
 Luke McCown, NFL quarterback, attended Louisiana Tech
 Kim Mulkey, current 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
 L.D. "Buddy" Napper, attorney, former state representative, and minor league baseball player
 Virgil Orr, former state representative; Louisiana Tech vice president
 Morgan D. Peoples, historian
 Elton C. Pody, mayor of Ruston from 1983 to 1991
 Arthur T. Prescott, educator and founding president from 1894 to 1899 of Louisiana Tech University
 Patrick Ramsey, athlete, attended Ruston High
 Tim Rattay, athlete, attended Louisiana Tech
 E.S. Richardson, president of Louisiana Tech from 1936–1941
 Willie Roaf, NFL Hall of Fame player, attended Louisiana Tech
 Scotty Robertson, high school, college, and professional basketball coach, died in Ruston in 2011
 W. C. Robinson, mathematics professor and second president of Louisiana Tech from 1899 to 1900
 Jimmy G. Shoalmire, historian, Ruston resident, 1958–1967
 Robert C. Snyder, English professor at Louisiana Tech, a founder of the Lincoln Parish Library
 Matt Stover, current NFL player, attended Louisiana Tech
 George Stone, former National League pitcher with the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.
 Josh Scobee, current NFL player, attended Louisiana Tech
 Don Shows, football coach
 Mickey Slaughter, former NFL quarterback, attended, and later coached football for, Louisiana Tech
 Polly Smith, photographer
 Robert Schneider, Indie rock musician, record producer, founding member of the 
 Elephant Six Collective, and frontman of The Apples in Stereo, attended Ruston High School
 Lawson Swearingen, reared in Ruston, former state senator, president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and professor of management at Southeastern Louisiana University
 F. Jay Taylor, president of Louisiana Tech, 1962–1987
 David William Thomas lived in Ruston during the early 1930s while he headed the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department
 William Y. Thompson, historian
 Robert O. Trout, sociologist
 Kyle Williams, current NFL player, attended Ruston High
 John D. Winters, historian
 Kenny Wright, 9-year NFL DB.(Minnesota Vikings 1999-2001, Houston Texans 2002-2004, Jacksonville Jaguars 2005, Washington Redskins 2006, and Cleveland Browns 2007)

References

Other websites 

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

Parish seats in Louisiana
Ark-La-Tex
Cities in Louisiana
Settlements in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
19th-century establishments in Louisiana
1885 establishments in the United States