Editing Russell, Iowa (section)

==History==
[[File:RussellMuseumLibrary.jpg|thumb|left|City museum and library]]
Russell was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city on April 25, 1887.<ref name=SOSinc>{{cite web|url= http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/MiscFilings/IncCities.pdf|title=LIST OF INCORPORATED CITIES |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State - Matt Schultz|accessdate=2011-08-07}}</ref>

The town was originally settled by German and Irish settlers in the 1850s. By the early 1860s the town of Russell had been made into a farming community and provided a source of food for surrounding communities. After being incorporated, a railway and railroad grain-tower were constructed along the town's edge allowing excess produce to be travelled elsewhere on the frontier.

In 1935, the town suffered a fire on the town square that burned down the eastern side and killed 3 people.