Ruskin is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Ware County Ware County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,251. The county seat and only incorporated place is Waycross. Ware County is part of the Waycross, Georgia m ...

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, United States. It lies between Waycross and Manor on

U.S. Route 84 U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–westUS 84 was signed north-south in parts of Colorado and New Mexico. United States Numbered Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it h ...

. The community is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Ruskin was established in the 1890s, and was named after

John Ruskin John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, Critique of politic ...

, a Victorian art critic. A post office called Ruskin was established in 1899, and remained in operation until 1932.

References

Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in Ware County, Georgia Waycross, Georgia micropolitan area {{WareCountyGA-geo-stub