La Russell, MO

La Russell is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 134 residents. La Russell is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. This had been the hunting grounds of the Osage Indians who were known to have camped at nearby Spring River, a short distance north of present-day La Russell. A newcomer can read La Russell through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, La Russell comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Arrowheads and other Native American artifacts can still be found in the plowed fields near the river today. La Russell is located in the valley of the Spring River, adjacent to the Jasper- Lawrence county line. Bowers Mill lies just to the northeast on the river.