Kentucky · Census place 2167512
Russellville, Kentucky
Russellville is a city in Logan County, Kentucky with an estimated 7,431 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,431
- #58 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +3.3%
- +239 people
- Land area
- 11.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 676 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Russellville population, 2020 to 2024
Russellville added 239 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +29. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Russellville is 70% of it.
Russellville covers 10.99 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 676 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Russellville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Russellville is in
All of Russellville's residents live in Logan County, which had 28,467 residents in 2024. Russellville holds 26.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Russellville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Russellville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42276. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Russellville is
The Census internal point of Russellville is at 36.839500, -86.895600. Frankfort, the capital, is 144.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, KY (10,524 people), 20.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 31.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.839500, -86.895600
- DMS
- 36°50'22.20"N 86°53'44.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 509308.6E 4077072.9N
- Geohash
- dnd1wdkt9
- Plus code
- 868MR4Q3+RQ
Daylight in Russellville
At 36.84° N, Russellville gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Russellville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 10.4 miles away, with 1,674 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Russellville, KY?
7,431 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 239 (3.3%) from 7,192 in July 2020.
What county is Russellville in?
Logan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Russellville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42276.
How far is Russellville from Frankfort?
144.7 miles (232.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Russellville.
What is the nearest larger city to Russellville?
Franklin, KY, with 10,524 residents, 20.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.