Russell is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Pine Grove Township

Pine Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Pine Grove Township is a township in Warren County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,712.-Geography:...

, Warren County

Warren County, Pennsylvania

Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 41,815. It was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango County until Warren was formally organized in 1819. Its county...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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. The community is due east of the similar hamlet of Lander

Lander, Pennsylvania

Lander is a small unincorporated community in Farmington Township in Warren County, Pennsylvania. The border town is located on Pennsylvania Route 957 to the east of the borough of Sugar Grove and to the west of the similar unincorporated community of Russell....

 and lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 62

U.S. Route 62 in Pennsylvania

U.S. Route 62 is a east-west U.S. Highway in Pennsylvania, which runs diagonally through the industrial northeastern part of the state. Although initial portions of the route opened in 1926 in other areas of the country, U.S. 62 was not designated in the commonwealth until 1932...

 and Pennsylvania Route 957

Pennsylvania Route 957

Pennsylvania Route 957 is a long state highway located in Warren county in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 6 in Columbus Township. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 62 in Elk Township...

. It is drained by Conewango Creek

Conewango Creek

Conewango Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and western New York in the United States.The creek's drainage covers much of southeastern Chautauqua County, New York and southwestern Cattaraugus County, New York. The creek's most notable tributary is the Chadakoin River,...

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Despite not being recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau, radio station WQFX-FM

WQFX-FM

WQFX-FM is a radio station licensed to Russell, Pennsylvania, the station serves the Jamestown, NY and Warren, PA areas. 103.1 The Fox is playing the rock music you want to hear: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger, ELO, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Ozzy and...

, a station serving the Jamestown/Warren area, is licensed to and has its tower in Russell (though it is operated from Jamestown). Conversely, the local Calvary Chapel

Calvary Chapel

Calvary Chapel is an evangelical association of Christian churches with over one thousand congregations worldwide. Calvary Chapel also maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. It presents itself as a "fellowship of...

 operates radio station WTWT

WTWT

WTWT is a radio station broadcasting a Christian rock format. The station is licensed to Calvary Chapel of Russell, Pennsylvania, but its city of license is Bradford, Pennsylvania and its transmitter will be located in Allegany, New York...

from Russell, even though it is licensed to and broadcasts from an area further east.

Founded by Robert Russell