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Russellville is a city in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,855, [ 3 ] up from 9,830 at the 2010 census. [ 4 ] The city is the county seat of Franklin County.
Russellville was incorporated in 1819 on former Chickasaw lands. The town was built about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the Cedar Creek Furnace and at the intersection of the Gaines Trace and Jackson's Military Road. It was named the county seat of Franklin County in 1820, but lost the seat to the more centrally-located Frankfort in 1849.
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,113. [1] Its county seat is Russellville. [2] Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, famous statesman, scientist, and printer. [3] It is a dry county, although the city of Russellville is wet.
Russellville, West Virginia Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Completed in 1876 and home to Jacob Shinn's mercantile business, the Shinn Building is the oldest building in Russellville and its first brick building. Jacob Lawson Shinn (October 3, 1826—August 17, 1899) [ 1 ] was a prosperous and influential mid to late-nineteenth-century leader in Russellville , Pope County , Arkansas .
The Russellville Downtown Historic District encompasses an eight-block area of downtown Russellville, Arkansas. This area, developed primarily between 1875 and 1930, includes the city's highest concentration of period commercial architecture, a total of 34 buildings. Most of them are brick, one or two stories in height, and in a variety of styles.
Hamock put the preserved body of Atkins on occasional display at the funeral home; he mostly stored it in a closet. [2] He did not charge a fee for viewers. Washed away by waters of the Ohio River during the Paducah flood of 1937 , Speedy's body was recognized and returned to Hamock at his funeral home.