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Russell County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Avra P. Russell
- Seat
- Russell
- Largest city
- Russell
- Total
- 899 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Land
- 886 sq mi (2,290 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,581
- Density
- 7.55/sq mi (2.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- County Website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Russell
- Capital
- Russell
- Population
- 6691
- Area
- 2328
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Ellis County
- Official website
- ks-russellco.manatron.com
- Image
- Russell County Court House, Russell, Kansas.jpg
- Households
- 3005
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- Commons category
- Russell County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Russell County, Kansas
- inception
- 1867-02-26
- different from
- Russell County
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Russell County
- per capita income
- 26921
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Russell County, Kansas
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Russell. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,691. The county was named for Avra Russell. The city of Russell was the home of former U.S. Senate Majority leader and 1996 GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole for many years.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Russell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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