Editing Ruston, Washington (section)

{{Short description|City in Washington, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Ruston, Washington
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|image_skyline            = Point Ruston.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Neighborhoods at Stack Hill
|image_map                = Pierce_County_Washington_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ruston_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Ruston, Washington
<!-- Location ------>
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Washington|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce]]
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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_title        = 
|established_date         = 
<!-- Area ------>
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_53.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 0.67
|area_land_km2            = 0.66
|area_water_km2           = 0.01
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.26
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.26
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
<!-- Population ----------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
|population_total         = 1055
|population_density_km2   = 1276.60
|population_density_sq_mi = 3300.78
<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|timezone_DST             = PDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 98
|coordinates              = {{coord|47|17|53|N|122|30|37|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 98407
|area_code                = [[Area code 253|253]] 
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 53-60510
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2412586<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412586}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.rustonwa.org/|rustonwa.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Ruston''' is a city in [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States. The population was 1,055 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US5360510 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 16, 2022}}</ref>

Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a [[company town]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Town of Ruston |publisher=Government of the Town of Ruston |url=http://www.rustonwa.org/ | access-date=March 5, 2009}}</ref> The local government opted to reclassify Ruston as a city in late 2012.