Places

1886 Russell County

1887 Russell County

1895 Rand McNally Atlas

2010 Kansas Dept. of Transportation

Populated Places

Big Creek Township

Bunker Hill City aka Bunkerhill - Bunkerhill, an incorporated city of the third class in Russell county, is located in Center township, and is a station on the Union Pacific R. R. 9 miles east of Russell, the county seat. It has a bank, a money order postoffice with three rural routes, telegraph and express offices, telephone connections, a graded public school, an opera house, hotel, grain elevator, machine shop, a cornet band, Protestant churches, and in 1910 reported a population of 242. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 252.

Center Township

Dorrance City aka Dorrence - Watermelon Station - Dorrance, one of the principal towns of Russell county, is located in Plymouth township, on the Union Pacific R. R. and near the Smoky Hill river, 17 miles east of Russell, the county seat. It was settled about the time the railroad was built, was incorporated in 1910, and the same year reported a population of 281. Dorrance has a bank, an international money order postoffice with three rural routes, telegraph and express offices, telephone connections, a hotel, churches of various denominations, a good public school system, and a number of well equipped mercantile establishments. Being located in the midst of a rich agricultural district, it is an important shipping point for grain, live stock, and other farm products. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 534.

Fairfield Township

Hawley, a small hamlet of Fairfield township, Russell county, is located on the Smoky Hill river about 10 miles southeast of Russell, the county seat. It was formerly a postoffice, but the people now receive mail by rural delivery from Bunkerhill, which is the most convenient railroad station. The population in 1910 was 33. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 831.

Fairview Township

Fairport aka Clarkson - Fairport, a money order post-village of Paradise township, Russell county, is situated on the Saline river, 15 miles northwest of Russell, the county seat. It has a flour mill, a good local trade, and in 1910 reported a population of 75. Paradise is the nearest railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 620.
Gorham City

Grant Township

Homer aka Homer Station

Lincoln Township

Lucas City aka Blue Stem - Lucas, an incorporated city of the third class in Russell county, is located on the Union Pacific R. R. 25 miles northeast of Russell, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the Sentinel), a number of retail mercantile establishments, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order post-office with four rural routes. The population, according to the census of 1910, was 573. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, pages 192-193.

Luray City - Luray, an incorporated town in Russell county, is located in the township of the same name on the Union Pacific R. R. 16 miles northeast of Russell, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the Herald), churches, public schools, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The population, according to the census of 1910, was 341. It is the principal trading and shipping point for the northern part of the county. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 193.

Luray Township

Milberger aka Muhlberger - Milberger, a country postoffice in Russell county, is located in Lincoln township, 13 miles south of Russell, the county seat and nearest shipping point. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 280.

Paradise City aka Ivamar - Paradise, a town in Russell county, is located in the township of the same name on the Union Pacific R. R., 16 miles northwest of Russell, the county seat. It has a bank, a number of general stores, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population, according to the census of 1910, was 200. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 442.

Paradise Township

Fay, a small settlement of Paradise township, Russell county, is located in the Solomon valley, about 10 miles northwest of Russell, the county seat, from which place mail is received by rural carrier. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 633.

Plymouth Township

Russell City aka Fossil Station - Russell, the county seat of Russell county, is centrally located on the Union Pacific R. R., nearly 200 miles west of Topeka. It has 2 banks, 3 weekly newspapers (the Record, the Recorder and the Reformer), an opera house, a public library, grain elevators, good hotels, daily stages to Fay and Fairport and tri-weekly stages to Milberger and Hawley. The town is supplied with telegraph and express offices, and has an international money order postoffice with four rural routes. It is an incorporated city of the third class with a population in 1910 of 1,692. The town was founded in May, 1871, a large number of houses and a school house being erected in that year, and by December the population was 200. The next year a hotel was opened, a lumber yard started, and a number of business houses established. Russell was made the county seat in 1874. The depot was burned that year and was replaced by a fine stone building. From 1875 to 1880 extensive improvements were made. The population in 1880 was 861, in 1890 it was 961, and in 1900 it was 1,143, showing continuous growth. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page613.

Russell Township

Waldo City aka Pleasant Run - Waldo, a little town in Russell county, is located in the township of the same name on the Union Pacific R. R., 18 miles north of Russell, the county seat. It has a weekly newspaper (the Advocate), a bank, a number of retail establishments, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 250. It has a large tributary agricultural district for which it is the receiving and shipping point. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 859.

Waldo Township

Success, a country hamlet in Russell county, is located in Waldo township on the Saline river, 10 miles northeast of Russell, the county seat, and 8 miles north of Bunkerhill, the nearest shipping point and the postoffice from which it receives mail. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 783.

Winterset Township

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