Russell County, Ontario

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.