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Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 population was 22,166. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Lincoln Parish.
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- Autrey House Museum. The Autrey House Museum in Dubach is a monument to the region's past, believed to be the oldest structure in Lincoln Parish, dating to 1849.
- Eddie G. Robinson Museum. College football fans should be familiar with the name Eddie G. Robinson, the winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history.
- Ruston Artisans. Get to know north Louisiana’s arts scene by visiting Ruston Artisans, a downtown creative hub. With a programming schedule full of classes and social events, in addition to the impressive art exhibitions, Ruston Artisans is a thriving part of the community.
- Downtown Shopping and Dining. Ruston is a college town, home to Louisiana Tech University and nearby Grambling State University, and its youthful vibe can be felt in the city’s downtown shopping and dining district.
As a university community, Ruston offers residents and visitors alike a quality of life that reflects the best of the American experience. Located at the crossroads of the South and Southwest, Ruston has all of the charm and warmth of a small Louisiana town while providing a wide variety of educational, cultural and economic opportunities.
- Downtown Ruston. Set on 18 charming blocks, downtown Ruston is a Louisiana Historic District, in the care of people with a lot of love for their community.
- Louisiana Tech University. The 280-acre main campus for Louisiana Tech University is only a couple of blocks west of downtown Ruston. Furnished with stately Colonial Revival architecture and grand oak trees, the campus merits a self-guided walking tour.
- Peach Festival. Held at the height of peach season every June, Ruston’s Peach Festival has been an annual tradition since 1951. North Louisiana is renowned for its fruit growing, and the big crop around Ruston is the peach.
- Ruston Farmers’ Market. A lovable biweekly ritual, the city’s farmers’ market is held in a beautifully decorated warehouse right on the edge of the downtown area.
Ruston's historic district provides 18 blocks of evidence for the potential of a rejuvenated downtown. A vintage movie theater has been transformed as the 600-seat Dixie Center for the Arts, while in Ruston's Memorial Park, the Louisiana Military Museum has artifacts and displays from the Spanish American War through modern conflicts.
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History & Heritage in Ruston Louisiana. One facet of Louisiana that makes it such an appealing visitor destination is its deep and colorful history. European explorers found their way to the region and inhabited the area very early relative to settlement of much of the rest of the continent.
Ruston, city, seat of Lincoln parish, northern Louisiana, U.S., 33 miles (53 km) west of Monroe. It was founded in 1883 by Robert E. Russ, for whom the town was named, on the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad (now part of the Illinois Central Railroad Company). Its economy is largely.
