THE RUSSELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands setting.
Russell township has 35.9 square miles of land in Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Russell and Lawrence County
Russell is associated with Lawrence County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Russell by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Russell, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Russell township has 89.7 times the land area of nearby Russellville village (0.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.