Editing Russell County, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|899|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|886|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|13|sqmi}} (1.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne County]] (north)
* [[Lincoln County, Kansas|Lincoln County]] (east)
* [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth County]] (southeast)
* [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton County]] (south)
* [[Rush County, Kansas|Rush County]] (southwest)
* [[Ellis County, Kansas|Ellis County]] (west)

===Major highways===
The city of Russell is the junction of [[Interstate 70]], a major east–west highway through the [[Midwest|Midwestern United States]], and [[U.S. Route 281]], which begins at the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in [[North Dakota]] and ends at the [[Mexico–United States border|Mexico–US border]] in [[Texas]]. I-70 also runs through Gorham on the western end of the county and Dorrance on the eastern end.  [[Hays, Kansas|Hays]] is {{convert|27|mi|km}} west of Russell and [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]] is {{convert|67|mi|km}} east of Russell.

Further along I-70, Russell is approximately {{convert|250|mi|km}} west of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] and {{convert|360|mi|km}} east of [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]].

[[K-18 (Kansas highway)|K-18]], a major east–west state highway in northern Kansas, enters from Osborne County to the west and runs through Paradise before joining up with US 281 through Waldo. US 281 and K-18 split again at the city limits of Luray, and K-18 continues east through Lucas and into Lincoln County. US 281 heads north into Osborne County.

South of I-70, US 281 heads into Barton County and towards the city of [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]].