Russell Township is a rural area governed as a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Macon County, Missouri Macon County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,209. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized January 6, 1837, and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Re ...

, United States.

Facts

*Area: 36.5 miles *Longitude: -92.797901 *Latitude: 39.8448605 *Elevation: 259 meters / 850 feet *Population: 197 persons (as of year 2013)

Geography

Russell Township contains the unincorporated community of

Hart, Macon County, Missouri Hart is an extinct village on the Santa Fe Railroad in Russell Township, Macon County, Missouri. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and ...

. Russell Township is bordered by: *

White Township, Macon County, Missouri White Township is an inactive township in Macon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Te ...

to the north, *

Valley Township, Macon County, Missouri Valley Township is an inactive township in Macon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with T ...

to the east, *

Lingo Township, Macon County, Missouri Lingo Township is an inactive township in Macon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Te ...

to the south, and *

Linn County, Missouri Linn County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,874. Its county seat is Linneus. The county was organized January 1, 1837 and named after U.S. Senator Lewis F ...

to the west.

History

A map of Russell Township in 1897, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co. in 1897, includes the now-defunct Evelyn Post Office and the village of Hart on the

Santa Fe Railroad The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and S ...

. The Evelyn post office operated from 1888 to 1916. At one point in time the community was expected to become a town, but is now unincorporated.

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map {{MaconCountyMO-geo-stub Townships in Macon County, Missouri