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Russell County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,991. [1] Its county seat is Jamestown and its largest city is Russell Springs. [2] The county was formed on December 14, 1825, from portions of Adair, Cumberland and Wayne Counties and is named for William Russell. [3]
On April 27, 1971, a violent F4 tornado struck Gosser Ridge and other parts of Russell and Pulaski County, Kentucky. [1] [2] [3] In November 1999, the National Climatic Data Center published a list of the historical F5 tornadoes in the United States from 1880 to 1999, which rated the Gosser Ridge tornado as an F5 tornado. [4]
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 2 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
The Confederate Heartland Offensive (August 14 – October 10, 1862), also known as the Kentucky Campaign, was an American Civil War campaign conducted by the Confederate States Army in Tennessee and Kentucky where Generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith tried to draw neutral Kentucky into the Confederacy by outflanking Union troops under Major General Don Carlos Buell.
This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Kentucky since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679 to 1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763 to 1783, and part of the United States from 1783 to present.
Creelsboro is a historic town in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. The declining town was thriving some sixteen years before Russell County was formed. It was named for Elijah Creel, an early settler. Creelsboro was a trade center along the Cumberland River in the 19th century although its population was only about 50.
Kentucky State Police said Pulaski County 911 operators contacted them at 7 p.m. and asked for help finding a Ford F-150 driven by Angela Gosser, 56, of Russell Springs. Angela and Larry Gosser ...
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...