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Russellville

Ghost town · Lee County, Iowa

Hillsboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000)
Hillsboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Russellville is a ghost town in Lee County, Iowa. It is one of 8 former communities in Lee County on the federal names register. No county in Iowa has more among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Russellville as a historical populated place on the Hillsboro topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.7828° N, 91.6454° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHillsboro
Elevation721 ft
Nearest living townHoughton, IA
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID465461
Coordinates40.78281, -91.64544

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What's there now

Russellville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Houghton, IA (population 87), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 721 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Russellville?

Russellville is in Lee County, Iowa, at 40.7828, -91.6454.

How many ghost towns are in Lee County?

Lee County, Iowa has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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