Russell, Kansas
| Russell, Kansas | |
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| City | |
Main Street in downtown Russell (2009)
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 Location within Russell County and Kansas |
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 KDOT map of Russell County (legend) |
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| Coordinates: 38°53′23″N 98°51′26″W / 38.88972°N 98.85722°WCoordinates: 38°53′23″N 98°51′26″W / 38.88972°N 98.85722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Russell |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Incorporated | 1872 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.87 sq mi (12.61 km2) |
| • Land | 4.87 sq mi (12.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,827 ft (557 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,506 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 4,475 |
| • Density | 930/sq mi (360/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 67665 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-61825 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0475222 |
| Website | RussellCity.org |
Russell is the most populous city in and county seat of Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,506.
Russell is also the birthplace and hometown of Bob Dole, the former long-time U.S. Senator from Kansas (1969-1996), as well as the Republican nominee for President in 1996 and for Vice President under President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.
In 1865, the Butterfield Overland Despatch established a short-lived station named Fossil Creek Station along its route from Atchison, Kansas to Denver near the site of modern Russell. In 1867, the Kansas Pacific Railway reached the area and built its own station, also named Fossil Creek, later just Fossil, north of the Butterfield station. That same year, the Kansas Legislature established the surrounding area as Russell County. In 1871, colonists from Ripon, Wisconsin established a permanent settlement at Fossil Station, renaming it Russell after the county. Russell was incorporated and named the provisional county seat in 1872, and, after a two-year dispute with neighboring Bunker Hill, it became the permanent county seat in 1874. In 1876, Volga Germans, mostly from the area around Saratov and Samara in Russia, began settling in and around Russell.
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