Russell Springs is a city in Logan County, Kansas, United States.

[3] Russell Springs, founded in 1865, was the Eaton stop on the Butterfield Overland Dispatch stage line.

The line ran through rough Indian country to connect the gold mines in Denver, Colorado, with Fort Riley, Kansas.

There was much feuding over which town should serve as county seat, and Oakley won the honor in 1963.

In 1965, the old county courthouse in Russell Springs became the Butterfield Trail Museum.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.75 square miles (1.94 km2), all land.

[11] Russell Springs is a city of the third class with a mayor-council form of government.