Russellville, Kentucky Logan County courthouse in Russellville, Kentucky Logan County courthouse in Russellville, Kentucky Location in the state of Kentucky Location in the state of Kentucky State Kentucky Russellville is a home rule-class town/city in Logan County, Kentucky, in the United States.
See also: Confederate government of Kentucky Finley claimed the region was first settled by Gasper Butcher, as a frontier settlement of the Transylvania Colony, of Virginia, now present-day Russellville, Kentucky, around 1780, but the rest have questioned this claim. Although the region is known to have been called Big Boiling Spring, Gasper Butcher's Spring, and Butcher's Station, W.R.
Jillson was unable to find written records of any surroundingion before 1790, when William Cook and his wife erected Cook's Cabin, accompanied by eighteen-year-old William Stewart. Also known as Cook's Station, the improve positioned about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the present town/city became Logan Court House when it was chosen as the seat of newly formed Logan County in 1792.
The town was retitled in Russell's honor in 1798. It was formally established by the state council on January 15, 1810. It was incorporated as a town/city on February 19, 1840. Four homes in the town/city still stand which at one time were the residences of future governors of Kentucky: John Breathitt, James Morehead, John J.
During the Civil War, the Kentucky General Assembly declared its neutrality and declined to secede with the rest of the South.
Even Kentucky was a slave state and Confederate sentiment was strong in the Blue Grass and the west, the inhabitants of the mountainous easterly section were mainly small farmers and pro-Union.
In the summer of 1862, when Confederate troops had occupied the area, 116 prominent pro-Confederates from 43 counties met as the Russellville Convention and created a rival Confederate government for Kentucky. George W.
Even with de facto Union control over the rest of Kentucky, the government was recognized and Kentucky admitted to the Confederacy.
Kentucky thus became the thirteenth star on the Confederate flag.
After the war, Kentucky struggled for some years with unrest.
A gang made up of the former Confederate guerrillas Cole Younger, George Shepard, and Oliver Shepard, along with Confederate veterans John Jarrett and Arthur Mc - Coy, robbed the Nimrod Long Bank or the Southern Deposit Bank in Russellville on March 20, 1868.
A Russellville bank on the town/city square displays a large mural painted depicting the robbery.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.6 square miles (27 km2), all land.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,647, and the median income for a family was $31,448.
Attorney General, Kentucky Governor, U.S.
Elijah Hise, former United States Representative from Kentucky Finis Mc - Lean, former United States Representative from Kentucky Elijah Hise Norton, former United States Representative from Missouri Presley O'Bannon, United States Marine Corps officer and hero of the Tripolitan War, resided in Russellville Kelley Paul, writer and wife of current Kentucky U.S.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kentucky League of Cities.
The Kentucky Encyclopedia, p.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Russellville, Kentucky Municipalities and communities of Logan County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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Cities in Logan County, Kentucky - Cities in Kentucky - Populated places established in 1790 - County seats in Kentucky
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