Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association is a non-profit rural electric

utility cooperative A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profit (accounting), Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distrib ...

headquartered in

Rusk, Texas Rusk is a city and the county seat of Cherokee County in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 5,285. History The town was established by an act of the Texas Legislature on April 11, 1846. It was named ...

. The Cooperative was organized in 1939. The Cooperative serves portions of four counties in the state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, in a territory generally surrounding Rusk. Currently (as of July 2017) the Cooperative has over 3,300 miles of line and over 20,000 meters.

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Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association
{{Authority control Companies based in Texas Electric cooperatives in Texas Cherokee County, Texas Nacogdoches County, Texas Rusk County, Texas Smith County, Texas