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Russell County
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county in Alabama, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Russell County is referenced by 529 other articles, and connects out to Alabama, African Americans and Baldwin County.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AL, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1832 establishments in Alabama, Alabama counties and Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 18, 1832
- Named after
- Gilbert C. Russell
- Seat
- Phenix City
- Largest city
- Phenix City
- Total
- 647 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Land
- 641 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Water
- 6.1 sq mi (16 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 58,898
- Density
- 92.3/sq mi (35.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- russellcountyal .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 59183
- Area
- 1677
- Elevation
- 98
- Official website
- www.rcala.com
- Image
- New Russell County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 23694
- Licence plate code
- 57
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- inception
- 1832-12-18
- Commons category
- Russell County, Alabama
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Russell County
- per capita income
- 24300
- mean age
- 36.7
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,183. Its county seat is Phenix City. Its name is in honor of Colonel Gilbert C. Russell, who fought in the wars against the Creek Indians.
Russell County is part of the Columbus, GA-AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Russell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
On the map
2 mapped locations