Ruston
Ruston is the fourth-largest city in Northern Louisiana, with a population of about 23,000 people, and is home to Louisiana Tech University.
- Type: Town with 22,200 residents
- Description: small city and parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Ruston (Louisiana)”, “Ruston (Luisiana)”, “Ruston, LA”, “Ruston, Louisiana”, and “Растон (Луизиана)”
- Postal codes: 71270, 71272, and 71273
Places of Interest
Highlights: Joe Aillet Stadium and Dixie Theatre.
Joe Aillet Stadium
Stadium
Photo: AllisonFoley, Public domain.
Ruston
- Categories: city in the United States, county seat, satellite city, and locality
- Location: Lincoln, Northern Louisiana, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.5298° or 32° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
-92.6387° or 92° 38′ 19″ west
Population
22,200
Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)
IATA airport code
RSN
UN/LOCODE
US RSN
Open location code
8649G9H6+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Belarusian: “Растан”
- Bulgarian: “Ръстън”
- Catalan: “Ruston”
- Cebuano: “Ruston”
- Chechen: “Растон”
- Chinese: “拉斯顿”
- Czech: “Ruston”
- Dagbani: “Ruston”
- Danish: “Ruston”
- Dutch: “Ruston”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روستون”
- French: “Ruston”
- German: “Ruston”
- Gilaki: “راستن (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “راستن”
- Haitian: “Ruston, Lwizyana”
- Haitian: “Ruston”
- Hebrew: “ראסטון”
- Hungarian: “Ruston”
- Irish: “Ruston”
- Italian: “Ruston”
- Japanese: “ラストン”
- Korean: “러스턴”
- Ladin: “Ruston”
- Mazanderani: “راستن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ruston”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruston”
- Norwegian: “Ruston”
- Persian: “راستن، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “راستن”
- Polish: “Ruston”
- Portuguese: “Ruston”
- Russian: “Растон”
- Serbian: “Растон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ruston”
- Slovak: “Ruston”
- Slovenian: “Ruston”
- South Azerbaijani: “راستن، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Ruston”
- Swahili: “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Swahili: “Ruston”
- Swedish: “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Swedish: “Ruston”
- Tatar: “Растон”
- Turkish: “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Turkish: “Ruston”
- Ukrainian: “Растон”
- Urdu: “رسٹن، لوزیانا”
- Urdu: “رسٹن”
- Uzbek: “Ruston”
- Volapük: “Ruston”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ruston”
- Welsh: “Ruston, Louisiana”
- Welsh: “Ruston”
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