County Officers, 1883
Commissioners; Charles Shaffer, J. B. Vanscoyc, Charles Wolcott,
County Clerk; C. M. Harshberger (sic)
District Clerk; J. S. Chadbourne
Treasurer; C. P. Copeland
Probate Judge; O. L. Atherton
Register of Deeds; G. H. Johnson
County Attorney; W. G. Eastland
Superintendent of Public Instruction; J. B. Corbett
Sheriff; W. H. Dewey
Surveyor; S. L. Austin
Coroner; N. I. Sturdevant
Office | Township | Postmaster |
| Bunker Hill | Center | W. H. Biays |
| Blue Stem | Fairview | Mr. Townsend |
| Dorrance | Plymouth | E. W. Davis |
| East Wolf | Fairview | L. D. Hibbard |
| Fairport | Paradise | D. V. Caldwell |
| Forest Hill | Center | Jehiel Forrest |
| Gorham | Big Creek | E. D. Gorham |
| Greenvale | Center | Aaron Ford |
| Hawley | Hawley | R. A. Hefferman |
| Homer | Russell | Levi Overholser |
| Kennebeck | Russell | J. W Clark |
| Lura | Fairview | David Schurr |
| Paradise | Paradise | E. S. C. Foster |
| *Russell | Russell | W. M. Pennell |
| Success | Fairview | F. Balcomb |
| Winterset | Winterset | O. Dickenson |
| Woodville | Paradise | Alvin Wilson |
*County-seat
Source: Russell County, History of the State of Kansas, 1883.