Ruston
Ruston is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,055 at the 2020 census. Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of Tacoma, the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a company town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 862 residents
- Description: city in Washington state
- Also known as: “Ruston, WA”, “Ruston, Washington”, and “Smelter”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Fort Nisqually.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Zoo
Photo: Takinzinnia, CC0.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is located in Tacoma, Washington, US, and is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, PDZA is owned by Metro Parks Tacoma.
Fort Nisqually
Fort
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department.
Fire Station No. 14
Fire station
Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.
Fire Station No. 14 is a fire station located at 4701 Forty–first Street in Tacoma, Washington. The architect was Morton J. Nicholson and the station was built in 1928 by Martin H.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Proctor District and Tahlequah.
Proctor District
Neighborhood
The Proctor District is a business district in the north end of Tacoma, Washington. Primarily a center for locals to shop, the District has cultivated a small town "urban village" character. Proctor District is situated 2 miles southeast of Ruston.
Tahlequah
Hamlet
Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Tahlequah is situated 2½ miles north of Ruston.
Ruston Way
Neighborhood
Ruston Way is a neighborhood on the west shore of Commencement Bay in the north end of Tacoma, Washington. The two-mile long shoreline paralleling the BNSF tracks and Ruston Way is the focal point. Ruston Way is situated 2½ miles southeast of Ruston.
Ruston
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.29949° or 47° 17′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.50695° or 122° 30′ 25″ westPopulation
862Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
84VV7FXV+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 150964720OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5809040Wikidata ID
Q1507715
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Ruston” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روستون”
- Basque: “Ruston”
- Bulgarian: “Ръстън”
- Catalan: “Ruston”
- Cebuano: “Ruston”
- Chechen: “Растон”
- Chinese: “Ruston”
- Croatian: “Ruston”
- Danish: “Ruston”
- Dutch: “Ruston”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روستون”
- Esperanto: “Ruston”
- French: “Ruston”
- German: “Ruston”
- Gilaki: “راستن”
- Haitian: “Ruston, Washington”
- Haitian: “Ruston”
- Hungarian: “Ruston”
- Irish: “Ruston”
- Italian: “Ruston”
- Ladin: “Ruston”
- Malagasy: “Ruston, Washington”
- Malagasy: “Ruston”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ruston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruston”
- Norwegian: “Ruston”
- Persian: “روستون، واشینگتن”
- Persian: “روستون”
- Polish: “Ruston”
- Portuguese: “Ruston”
- Serbian: “Растон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ruston, Washington”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ruston”
- South Azerbaijani: “روستون، واشینقتون”
- Spanish: “Ruston”
- Tatar: “Растон (Вашингтон)”
- Tatar: “Растон”
- Ukrainian: “Растон”
- Uzbek: “Ruston”
- Uzbek: “Рустон”
- Volapük: “Ruston”
- Welsh: “Ruston, Washington”
- Welsh: “Ruston”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Park Place North and Fort Nisqually.
Notable Places Nearby
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