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County
Formation
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The
eighty-first county in order
of formation, Russell County
is located in south-central
Kentucky and is bordered to
the north by Casey,
to the east by Pulaski, to
the southeast by Wayne,
to the south by Clinton,
to the southwest by Cumberland,
and to the northwest by Adair counties.
Russell County, which has an
area of 250 square miles,
was formed December 14,
1825, from portions of Adair,
Wayne,
and Cumberland
counties. It was named in
honor of Col.William
Russell, a Revolutionary War
officer who fought in the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
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Russell County is
located in the Pennyrile
region of the state. The elevation
in the county ranges from 530 to
1140 feet above sea level. In 1990
the county population
was 14,716 in a land area of 253
square miles, an average of 58.2
people per square mile.
The topography
is hilly, with fertile, level bottom
land along the Cumberland River and
along Alligator, Carrey, Goods, and
Greasy creeks. Farms occupy 62
percent of the land area. The county
ranks forty-seventh in the state in
agricultural receipts, 70 percent of
them from poultry and livestock.
Crops include hay, corn, tobacco,
peppers, and tomatoes.
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