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Russellville, AL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Russellville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Russellville Home page. The Russellville Home page provides as much information as possible on Russellville. Knowing Russellville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Russellville’s Home page, you will also find Russellville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Russellville has a population of 9803. 48.8% of Russellville’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.2 are female. 48.9% of Russellville is married and 57.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $99,347, and the average rent is $619. Household median income in Russellville is $44,674, and the individual median income is $22,820. Russellville’s Ethnic is the following: White(61.1%), Hispanic(40.6%), Other(23.4%), Black(8.7%), Native(2.6%), Asian(2.5%), Multiple(1.7%), Pacific(0.1%).


After the War of 1812, the U.S. government appropriated money to improve a route from Nashville to New Orleans. It was named Jackson's Military Road after Andrew Jackson, and it passed through what became Russellville. (Present-day Jackson Avenue and Jackson Highway, U.S. Route 43, follow portions of the original road.)Russellville is named after Major William Russell, an early settler in the area who helped in the construction of Jackson's Military Road.


The town grew at this road's intersection with the Gaines Trace. Russellville was incorporated on November 27, 1819.Russellville served as the first county seat from 1818-1849 before it was removed to Frankfort (which served from 1849-1879). After the fire at the courthouse in the third county seat of Belgreen in 1890, the seat was returned to Russellville in 1891.


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