| Official Name: | Russell Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Camden |
| Area Total Km2: | 369.92 |
| Area Land Km2: | 365.73 |
| Area Water Km2: | 4.19 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 142.83 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 141.21 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.62 |
| Area Water Percent: | 1.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 2495 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.8 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 17.7 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 335 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1099 |
| Coordinates: | 37.9917°N -92.9492°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 29-63668[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0766393 |
Russell Township is one of eleven townships in Camden County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,495.
Russell Township was established in 1841 in the southwest part of Camden County.[3]
It is bordered on the north by Adair Township and the Little Niangua River, on the east by Warren and Osage Townships, on the south by Dallas County, and on the west by Hickory County. As one of the six original townships created by the county court in March 1841, the township was probably named for a prominent landowner, William Russell, who was one of the first judges of election there. It may have been named for General William Russell of the Revolutionary War.
Russell Township covers an area of 142.83sqmi and contains one incorporated settlement, Macks Creek. It contains several unincorporated historic communities, some of which contain post offices, including Banister, Branch, Dry Ridge, Edith, Only, Prairie Hollow and Roach. The Township contains at least ten cemeteries: Creach, Edwards, Green, Hurst, Mills, Pleasant Grove, Raggs, Stanton, Warren and Wiley Gott.
The streams of A B Creek, Broadus Branch, Brush Creek, Jacks Creek, Kolb Branch, Little Brush Creek, Little Niangua River, Long Branch, Macks Creek, Mire Hollow Creek, Pennel Branch, Phillips Branch, Watson Branch and Woodall Branch as well as the geographical feature the Niangua Hills run through this township.
Public Areas include: