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Village
Downtown Rulo: 1st Street, May 2014
Location of Rulo within Richardson County and Nebraska
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
County	Richardson
Area
• Total	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2)
• Land	0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	971 ft (296 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	144
• Estimate  (2021)	142
• Density	228.6/sq mi (88.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	68431
Area code(s)	402
FIPS code	31-42670
GNIS feature ID	2399140

Rulo is a village in Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 144 at the 2020 census.

History

Rulo was laid out in 1857. It was named for Charlie Rouleau, the original owner of the town site.

In 1933, the foundation for the Rulo Bridge, a toll bridge across the Missouri River, was laid. The owner of the bridge was originally John Mullen from Falls City, together with a group of investors, the "Kansas City Bridge Company". Construction of the bridge began in 1938, after the Works Progress Administration decided to finance half the cost. The bridge was finished in 1939.

During the early 1980s, a small group of Christian Identity survivalists, led by Michael W. Ryan, began living in a religious cult located on a farm two miles north of Rulo, along the Missouri River. The farm was converted into a compound and the members of the cult would commit thefts throughout the Nebraska-Missouri-Kansas area. The stolen property would be sold in order to buy weapons and survival equipment for the group. Ryan was ultimately convicted and sentenced to death after the Nebraska State Patrol discovered that he was responsible for the torture murders of a 26-year-old cult member and a five-year-old boy. Ryan died of natural causes in prison in 2015.

In 2013, a new bridge carrying U.S. Highway 159 across the Missouri River was opened. The 1939 bridge, deemed too narrow for semi-trailers and farm machinery, was demolished in 2014.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 172 people, 85 households, and 43 families residing in the village. The population density was 273.0 inhabitants per square mile (105.4/km²). There were 116 housing units at an average density of 184.1 per square mile (71.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 70.9% White, 23.8% Native American, 0.6% Pacific Islander, and 4.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.

There were 85 households, of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.4% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.63.

The median age in the village was 48 years. 18.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.6% were from 25 to 44; 34.4% were from 45 to 64; and 21.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.63 square miles (1.63 km²), all land.

Climate

Education

It is in Falls City Public Schools.

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  Rulo, 1917

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  1939 Rulo bridge

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  Rulo during the 2011 Missouri River floods

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  2013 Rulo bridge

See also

In Spanish: Rulo (Nebraska) para niños