Russellville, IL

Russellville is a village in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 98 residents. Russellville is rooted in a fort built by Samuel and Jonathan Allison near the site of an abandoned Indian village known as "Little Village" in the early 1800s. A town site was platted in 1835, and named for the Russell brothers, August, Andrew, and Clement, who provided lumber for the settlement's first buildings. In Russellville, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Russellville, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Russellville is located in northeastern Lawrence County on the west bank of the Wabash River, which forms the Illinois– Indiana border. Illinois Route 33 passes through the village center, leading north 14 miles to Palestine and south 10 miles to Westport, across the river from Vincennes, Indiana.