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Welcome to Russellville ...

Russellville is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Russellville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Russellville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Russellville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Russellville: 478

Communities Also Named Russellville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Russellville - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri (3), New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Russellville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.forsyth-monroechamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Russellville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Russellville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Russellville.

  • Brookhaven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Brookhaven is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
    • Estimated population in 2019: 55,554 people
  • Thomaston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Barnesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Forsyth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bloomfield Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomfield Park is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,686 people
  • Lincoln Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
  • Roberta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Milner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Yatesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Culloden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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 Russellville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Russellville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Russellville. 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 Russellville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Russellville ...

Looking for more information about Russellville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Russellville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Russellville.

Adding Russellville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Russellville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Russellville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Russellville post office opened in 1844. The Russellville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Russellville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Russellville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/