Editing Russiaville, Indiana

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'''Russiaville''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|uː|ʃ|ə|v|ɪ|l}}) is a town in [[Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana|Honey Creek Township]], [[Howard County, Indiana|Howard County]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]]. The population was 1,094 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]] Metropolitan Statistical Area. Russiaville was incorporated sometime between the 1860 and 1870 US Census.

==Etymology==
The town was named for [[Jean Baptiste de Richardville]] (whose father's surname was Richerville), a [[Miami people|Miami]] chief of [[French people|French]]-Miami descent who had relations with the United States government in treaty making in the early nineteenth century. Through the French pronunciation of "Ri-shar-ville," the name was gradually corrupted and changed to the current spelling;<ref>{{cite news|title=A Look Back as We Move Forward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/867261/history_of_howard_county_indiana/|newspaper=The Kokomo Tribune|date=March 28, 1999|page=58|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 16, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> it has been pronounced "Roo-sha-ville" through much of its history.

The apparent association with Russia led to the town high school's naming its athletic teams the “Cossacks” until 1949, when county consolidation changed Russiaville High School to Western High School.<ref>[https://howardcounty.pastperfectonline.com/photo/46494B21-A2B4-4FF7-B375-924964317987 ]</ref> Some theorize an alternate history, that during the [[Cold War]], residents consciously changed the pronunciation of Russiaville's name in order to disassociate their town from [[Russia]], the leading state of the [[Soviet Union]], however, the pronunciation, Roo-sha-ville precedes the Cold War by many, many years. A map from the 1840s to the 1850s in the Quaker Collection of [[Earlham College]] in [[Richmond, Indiana]], clearly shows a county named Richardville, and a town Richardville, at the site of present-day Russiaville.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} Some local history has suggested "Rouchardville" as the earlier spelling, but Richardville is correct.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==History==
Russiaville was laid out in 1845.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chestnut.kokomo.lib.in.us/glhs/history/timeline.html | title=Time Line of Howard County, 1844- | publisher=Kokomo-Howard County Public Library | access-date=June 2, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112234020/http://chestnut.kokomo.lib.in.us/glhs/history/timeline.html | archive-date=November 12, 2013 }}</ref>

Russiaville became a [[Quakers|Quaker]] settlement in the years before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. They created a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]] for fugitive slaves in the antebellum years in nearby [[New London, Indiana|New London]], then the site of the Friends Meeting serving the entire area. A local legend tells that the stop included a tunnel under New London from a safe house to a cave in the hollow of Honey Creek, near the location of the Friends Meetinghouse.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Russiaville is the birthplace of Jonathan Dixon Maxwell (September 3, 1864), builder of the [[Maxwell automobile]]. He is buried there.<ref>[http://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/maxcars.htm "Maxwell Auto"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527032531/http://www.clanmaxwellusa.com/maxcars.htm |date=May 27, 2010 }} Clan Maxwell USA</ref>

Almost all of the town was destroyed on April 11, 1965, by an F4 tornado, which was part of the [[Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965|Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak]]. With rebuilding, the town had a population of 1,094 at the 2010 census.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 1985, [[Ryan White]] was an American teenager going to the Western School District's Middle School, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after being denied re-admittance to school following an AIDS diagnosis. The school district faced pressure from many parents and faculty to ban student Ryan White from the campus after his diagnosis of HIV became widely known. The case, and local families' treatment of the White family, became a focal point in the public debate around funding for HIV treatment and public perception, eventually leading to the [[Ryan White CARE Act]]. The act provides funding to improve availability of care for low-income, uninsured and under-insured victims of AIDS and their families.

==Geography==

According to the 2010 census, Russiaville has a total area of {{convert|0.81|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1866546
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 25, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213090558/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1866546
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
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  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 160
|1880= 419
|1890= 603
|1970= 844
|1980= 973
|1990= 1014
|2000= 1092
|2010= 1094
|2020= 1319
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,094 people, 434 households, and 307 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1350.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 486 housing units at an average density of {{convert|600.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 434 households, of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.3% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.06.

The median age in the town was 37.1 years. 27.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.1% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 49.1% male and 50.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,092 people, 425 households, and 317 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,361.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 446 housing units at an average density of {{convert|556.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 99.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.18% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.37% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.28% of the population.

There were 425 households, out of which 39.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.3% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $40,875, and the median income for a family was $46,094. Males had a median income of $38,833 versus $25,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,804. About 4.4% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

===Highway===
* [[Image:Indiana 26.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 26|IN-26]] to [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]] (West) and [[Hartford City, Indiana|Hartford City]] (East)

==Education==

=== School districts===
* [[Western School Corporation]][http://www.western.k12.in.us] (K-12)
Western High School competes in the [[Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)]] for athletics.

===Public library===
Russiaville has a public library, a branch of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.khcpl.org/ | title=KHCPL | publisher=Kokomo-Howard County Public Library | access-date=September 14, 2023}}</ref>

==Movies filmed in Russiaville==
*''[[The Ryan White Story]]'' (1988), starring [[Judith Light]] and [[Lukas Haas]]

==Government==
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Town Council Members include:
Jeff Lipinski, President
Don Parvin, Vice President
Pat Reel, Council Member
Greg Landrum, Council Member
Myrna Claar, Council Member Karen Smith
Corbin King, Town Attorney
Megan Reel, Town Clerk/Treasurer

==See also==
* [[Russiaville Interurban Depot]] — listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.western.k12.in.us Western School Corporation]
* [http://www.howard-county.net Howard County Community Net]
*https://www.townofrussiaville.com/
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/russiaville/ Russiaville, Indiana Reddit]
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[[Category:Towns in Howard County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Indiana]]
[[Category:Kokomo, Indiana metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1841]]
[[Category:1841 establishments in Indiana]]