Russell County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Founded
- January 2, 1786
- Named after
- William Russell
- Seat
- Lebanon
- Largest town
- Lebanon
- Total
- 477 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Land
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,332
- Density
- 54.4/sq mi (21.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .russellcountyva .us
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell County (/rʌs.səl/) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,781. Its county seat is Lebanon.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Russell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.