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. We would especially like to find the location of Russell - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Russell, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Russell , we believe that it would have been located within present day Frontier County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Russell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
Time Zone: The area where Russell was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Russell would have been located in the (308) 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), Montana, 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.
Adding Russell to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Russell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Russell post office opened in 1883.
We also found Russell on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Russell.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Frontier County: www.co.frontier.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Russell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Frontier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |