Welcome to Russell County ...

Time Zone: Russell County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Phenix City is the Seat for Russell County.

Russell County was founded in 1832. Russell was created by taking area from Montgomery and Pike Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Russell had a population of 57,961 people. This is an increase of 8.7% since the last Census (which gave a population of 53,321 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Russell represented 1.12% of the total population of Alabama.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Alabama
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  • Website for the Alabama Department of Archives & History

• Websites specific to Russell County
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• Websites for nearby counties
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Russell County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Alabama
  • Cemeteries of Russell County