Welcome to Russell ...

So far, we found very little information about Russell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Russell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Russell, please Contact Us.

Russell would have been located within present day Chouteau County<2>.

The location of Russell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Russell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Russell is 3,210 feet [978 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Russell is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Russell was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Russell would have been located in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Russell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Russell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, North Dakota (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Russell.

Communities near Russell ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Russell.

• Carter
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Carter is located in Chouteau County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carter <5>
• Floweree
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floweree
  • Floweree is located in Chouteau County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floweree <5>
• Fort Benton
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
  • Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <5>
• Loma
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
  • Loma is located in Chouteau County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Russell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Russell.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Russell. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Russell.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Russell. See our Newspapers Page for Russell.

Adding Russell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Russell in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Russell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Russell post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Russell.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chouteau County: www.co.chouteau.mt.us/

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/