Russell County, Ontario

Historic county in Ontario, Canada

Russell County is known as a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.

It was created in 1800 from a portion of Stormont County. In 1820, the county was united with Prescott County to form United Counties of Prescott and Russell which is still an upper-tier municipality

The county's Cumberland Township became part of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 1969, and is now part of the single-tier city of Ottawa.

Historic townships

• Cambridge (SE) - Now part of The Nation Municipality
• Clarence (NE) - Merged with Rockland to become the city of Clarence-Rockland
• Cumberland (NW) - Now part of the City of Ottawa
• Russell Township (SW) - Existing lower-tier municipality.

See also

• List of Ontario census divisions
• List of townships in Ontario

External links

• 1951 map of Russell County

Bibliography

• Small, Darell (1980), Dale's Cemetery, Russell County, Cumberland Township, Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
• Sutherland, James (1866), Ottawa city and counties of Carleton and Russell directory 1866-7., Ottawa, Ontario: Hunter, Rose & Company

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